"For Twain, though (and one suspects for Paige himself), the dream of mechanically mimicking human actions was what fascinated him most. Twain’s writings... cam

"For Twain, though (and one suspects for Paige himself), the dream of mechanically mimicking human actions was what fascinated him most. Twain’s writings... came to see the Paige machine as a “creature” in its own right." History doesn't repeat, it rhymes.