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My land, the power of training! Of influence! Of education! It can bring a body up to believe anything.
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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