tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post7041157000157343871..comments2024-01-15T20:15:13.053-08:00Comments on Saberpoint: Letters From Earth: Mark Twain's Most Controversial TaleStogiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852841950131130696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-20643808406800020312014-02-17T07:43:44.460-08:002014-02-17T07:43:44.460-08:00Twain also said he'd rather go to dog heaven s...Twain also said he'd rather go to dog heaven since dogs were so much nicer than human beings. I'll look for "A Telephonic Conversation." I am currently reading "Innocents Abroad."Stogie Chomperhttp://saberpoint.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-77934997823080806142014-02-17T04:32:27.548-08:002014-02-17T04:32:27.548-08:00Mark Twain was an interesting man -- and, in many ...Mark Twain was an interesting man -- and, in many ways, a conundrum. For as bright as he was, he had no clue as to managing his personal finances.<br /><br />What would he say about the Internet. His words about the telephone provide a clue: <a href="http://www.design.caltech.edu/erik/Misc/Twain_telephone.html" rel="nofollow"><i>It is my ... hope and aspiration that all of us ... may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss -- except the inventor of the telephone.</i></a>.<br /><br />Also see <a href="http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/Telephonic.html" rel="nofollow">A Telephonic Conversation</a>, one of his short stories.Always On Watchnoreply@blogger.com