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Autobiography Quote by Mark Twain

“when you recollect something which belonged in an earlier chapter,…” quote by Mark Twain — Download Open image

“when you recollect something which belonged in an earlier chapter, do not go back, but jam it in where you are . Discursiveness does not hurt an autobiography in the least.”

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