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An Undelivered Speech

An Undelivered Speech

by Mark Twain on in In Philadelphia, The Speeches

Intended to be delivered in Philadelphia following the (cancelled) launch of a steamship

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Obituary Poetry

Obituary Poetry

by Mark Twain on in In Philadelphia, The Speeches

A Speech by Samuel Clemens

ADDRESS AT THE ACTORS’ FUND FAIR, PHILADELPHIA, in 1895
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—The—er this—er—welcome occasion gives me an—er—opportunity to make an—er—explanation that I have long desired to deliver myself of. I rise to the highest honors before a Philadelphia audience. In the course of my checkered career I have, on divers occasions, been [...]

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Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims

Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims

by Mark Twain on in In Philadelphia, The Speeches

ADDRESS AT THE FIRST ANNUAL DINNER, N. E. SOCIETY, PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 22, 1881

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