To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.


St. Louis Post-Dispatch (30 May 1902); also in Mark Twain : A Life, p. 611.


To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.

To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.

To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.

To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add the sheep was a tautology.