“The stranger's first feeling, when suddenly confronted by that towering and awful apparition wrapped in its shroud of snow, is breath-taking astonishment. It is as if heaven's gates had swung open and exposed the throne. (Twain on seeing the Jungfrau.)” — Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens Copy Share Image
“This is Huck Finn, a child of mine of shady reputation. Be good to him for his parent's sake.” — Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens Copy Share Image
“We did not oversleep at St. Nicholas. The church-bell began to ring at four-thirty in the morning, and from the length of time it… — Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens Copy Share Image
“The stranger's first feeling, when suddenly confronted by that towering and awful apparition wrapped in its shroud of snow, is breath-taking astonishment. It is… — Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens Copy Share Image
