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 {{ youtube>WAcuUZk5FQg |America’s Sharpest Wit and Greatest Cynic Mark Twain teaches us to laugh at the absurd}}
-Samuel Langhorne Clemens was boen in 1835, he died in 1910, better known his pen name Mark Twain has been called "the father of American literature"
+==== Mark Twain "The Great American Cynic" ====
+Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835, he died in 1910, better known his pen name Mark Twain has been called "the father of American literature"
 When I mention the name Mark Twain, childhood classics probably come to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), often called "The Great American Novel".
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 Twain was raised along the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.   "Mark Twain" is a nautical term that means the second mark on a line that measured depth, signifying two fathoms, or 12 feet, which was a safe depth for riverboats
-As a role model, Mark Twain is perfect for our journey as the Cranky Cynic.
+==== As a role model, Mark Twain is perfect for our journey as the Cranky Cynic. ====
 Some things never change... "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." -- Mark Twain