Mark Twain Quote

She takes an undaughterful pleasure in noting that now the newspapers are beginning to concede with heartiness that she does not need the help of my name, but can make her way quite satisfactorily upon her own merits. This is insubordination, and must be crushed.

p. 14, of his daughter's, Clara's, incipient career as a concert vocalist - Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3 (2015)