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Sorry, not Mark Twain. It was written in 1971 by M. J. Shields¹. It has since been frequently mis-attributed to Mark Twain, who only wrote about a similar topic
by teddyh 5y ago
Sorry, not Mark Twain. It was written in 1971 by M. J. Shields¹. It has since been frequently mis-attributed to Mark Twain, who only wrote about a similar topic in 1899².
1. http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/05/iorz-feixfuli-m-j-yilz.html http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/05/iorz-feixfuli-m-j-yilz....
2. https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/twain/mark/what_is_man/chapter11.html https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/twain/mark/what_is_man/chap...
- austinl 5y agoAh, another quote misattributed to Twain. Looks like it was submitted as a letter to The Economist in 1971 — I'll update the parent. Thanks for pointing this out!
- gadiyar 5y agoLooks like both of these are dead links (at least for me).
- teddyh 5y agoLink rot. Archived: 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200807181810/https://lettersofnote.com/2012/05/03/iorz-feixfuli-m-j-yilz/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200807181810/https://lettersof... 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829174508/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/twain/mark/what_is_man/chapter11.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170829174508/https://ebooks.ad...