| A book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into
collision and conscience suffers defeat. - Notebook #35 (reprinted in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Univ. of California Press, 2003) When people let Huck Finn alone he goes peacefully along,
damaging a few children here and there and yonder, but there will be plenty
of children in heaven without those, so it is no great matter. It is only
when well-meaning people expose him that he gets his real chance to do
harm. Temporarily, then, he spreads havoc all around in the nurseries
and no doubt does prodigious harm while he has his chance. By and by,
let us hope, people that really have the best interests of the rising
generation at heart will become wise and not stir Huck up. |
 Illustration of Huck Finn by E. W. Kemble from 1884 first edition |
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See article in New York Times for how Clemens poked fun at the Huck Finn controversy. Also see quote on Tom Blankenship.
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