At age fifty-five Mark Twain told a friend that he had been a printer, riverboat pilot, miner, newspaper reporter, and lecturer. We remember Mark Twain mostly for his books, which bought him worldwide acclaim in his lifetime and remain landmarks in literature today, but we should not forget that he was one of those rarities of modern society-a celebrity worthy of respect.
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