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MOON

Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
- "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar"

AI image created by Barbara Schmidt

Clemens behind the mask

Illustration from American Examiner magazine
published shortly after Clemens' death in 1910
captioned, "Behind the mask of the humorist was
the face of the philospher."
Illustration from the Dave Thomson collection.

Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind if you want to see it.
- "The Refuge of the Derelicts" published in Fables of Man

 


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