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My parents removed to Missouri in the early 'thirties; I do not remember just
when, for I was not born then and cared nothing for such things. It was a long
journey in those days, and must have been a rough and tiresome one. The home
was made in the wee village of Florida, in Monroe County, and I was born there
in 1835. The village contained a hundred people and I increased the population
by 1 per cent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done
for a town. It may not be modest in me to refer to this, but it is true. There
is no record of a person doing as much--not even Shakespeare. But I did it for
Florida, and it shows that I could have done it for any place--even London,
I suppose.
- Mark Twain's Autobiography
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