A quotation NOT from Mark Twain
I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
(Misattributed)
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Twain, Mark - (Misattributed) | WIST Quotations
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. This appears to have originally been based on a comment by lawyer and jurist Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar in 1884 regarding the death of abolitionist figure Wendell Phillips.Dave (WIST Quotations)