For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian & German political degradations which would envelop the globe & steep it in a sort of Middle-Age night & slaverly which would last till Christ comes again - which I hope he will not do; he made trouble enough before.


Mark Twain's Letters (ed. 1917)


For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian & German political degradations which would envelop the globe & steep it in a sort...

For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian & German political degradations which would envelop the globe & steep it in a sort...

For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian & German political degradations which would envelop the globe & steep it in a sort...

For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian & German political degradations which would envelop the globe & steep it in a sort...