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ANGELS

They are always on deck when there is a miracle to the fore -- so as to get up in the picture, perhaps. Angels are as fond of that as a fire company; look at the old masters.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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Angels
Illustration by Dan Beard from first edition of
FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR



I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.
- Mark Twain's Autobiography

Let us hope there is no hereafter; I don't want to train with any angels made out of human material.
- Letter to Joseph Twichell, 16 July 1900


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