Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1894 — MARK TWAIN’S PHILOSOPHY. [ARTICLE]

MARK TWAIN’S PHILOSOPHY.

Written in the Calendar of Pudd'nhead Wilson in “The Century.” The Century for June. Even the clearest and most perfect circumstantial evidence is likely to be at fault, after all, and therefore ought to be received with great caution. Take the case of any pencil, sharpened by any woman; if you have witnesses, you will find she did it with a knife; but if you take simply the aspect of the pencil, you will say she did it with her teeth. He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded o f what we are on the ether three hundred aud sixty-four. It is often the case that the man who can’t tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. October 12, the Discovery. It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.