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In the final entry he says: Thirty days sick abed--full of interest--read the debates and get excited over them, though don't 'versteh'. This gentleman--for he was no less than that--was a manwell-read, and his tribute was not inspired by mere snobbery. He became interested in Hardy's Jude, and spoke of it with high approval,urging me to read it. It is not that little minority who are already saved that are best worth lifting up, I should thin

He was always exactly in the setting. I was glad I came, it was a great night, & I heard all the great men inthe German tongue. k Twain memorial meeting (November 30, 1910), where the few whowere left of his old companions told o The next entry records the third death in the Clemens family within aperiod of eight months--that of Mrs.