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December 12 Sunday – In Vienna, Austria Sam wrote an aphorism to an unidentified person: “The proper proportions of a maxim: a minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. Truly yours, Mark Twain. Vienna,

Dec. 12/97” [MTP: Philip C. Duschnes catalog].

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Life in Exile: Day By Day

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.