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99% Invisible
It was discussed as a memoir written by Mark Twain, where he reflected on his love for the river and how his sense of wonder faded as his knowledge increased.
In 1883, Samuel Clemens, alias Mark Twain, published his memoir, Life on the Mississippi.
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It was discussed as a memoir written by Mark Twain, where he reflected on his love for the river and how his sense of wonder faded as his knowledge increased.
In 1883, Samuel Clemens, alias Mark Twain, published his memoir, Life on the Mississippi.
Twain would have heard this call many times.
The Face of the Water became a wonderful book. There never was so wonderful a book.
I had lost something which could never be restored to me while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river.
You know, did you ever read Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi? I did. So you remember that whole like maybe 100 pages near the beginning where he's talking about the Mississippi for him was like this magical, mystical thing imbued with mystery and that once he learned the river, that was lost to him forever.
