There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audien… - Mark Twain

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There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practised in the tricks and delusions of oratory.

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About Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known as Mark Twain, was an American humorist, novelist, writer, and lecturer.

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Pen Names: Sieur Louis de Conte Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass Quintus Curtius Snodgrass J. W. Bothwell
Birth Name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Alternative Names: Samuel L. Clemens Samuel Clemens Louis de Conte
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