Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835)


Samuel Langhorne Clemens -- that's Mark Twain to most of us --belongs on my list of heroes for two reasons:
  • First, because Huckleberry Finn so perfectly highlights what is wrong with bigotry.
  • Second because upon meeting the famous Jewish author he (allegedly) said: “I wanted to meet you because I'm told that I'm the American Sholom Aleichem.”

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