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There are no peaceful nations now. hat he knows anything--is capable of anything--whatever? Does he takean oath or make a promise of any sort?--or doesn't h Later, when I went in again, he was writing: I am setting it down, he said-- everything. Howells was enthusiastic.

Even so the strain told onhim. Clearly, however serious Mark Twain regarded his physical condition, hedid not allow it to make him gloomy. Later he wrote: Put 'Is He Dead?' in the fire. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE,AUGUST 18, 1902(See Chapter ccxxiii)(A bereft and demented mother speaks).