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TheMillionPoundBankNotebyMarkTwain•(1835-1910)Americanwriter.•SamuelLanghorneClemens•BachelorYears1835-1870--birth,childhood,steamboatpiloting,Westernjournalism,SamClemensbecomesMarkTwain,tripstoHawaiiandtheHolyLand,firstlectures,firstbook,andmarriagetoOliviaLangdon.•FamilyManandAuthor1870-1885--firstyearsofmarriedlife,workonthetheBuffaloExpressandGalaxy,booksfromRoughingIttoHuckleberryFinn,tripstoEurope,andhisfiftiethbirthday.••TragediesandCelebrity1885-1905--meetsRudyardKipling,writesAConnecticutYankeeandotherbooks,bankruptcy,aworldtour,thedeathofSusy,celebratedhomecoming,andexperiencesinpoliticalmovements.•FinalYears1906-1910--HelenKellerandMaximGorky,WhatIsMan?andtheautobiography,CaptainStormfield,IsShakespeareDead?•Tobelieveyourselftobebraveistobebrave;itistheonlyessentialthing.•Thebestwaytocheeryourselfupistotrytocheersomebodyelseup.•Itisnobletoteachoneself,butstillnoblertoteachothers--andlesstrouble.•Loveseemstheswiftest,butitistheslowestofallgrowths.Nomanorwomanreallyknowswhatperfectloveisuntiltheyhavebeenmarriedaquarterofacentury.•“Ivividlyrememberseeingadozenblackmenandwomenchainedtooneanother,once,andlyinginagrouponthepavement,awaitingshipmenttotheSouthernslavemarket.ThosewerethesaddestfacesIhaveeverseen.”SlaveMarket•Howdodecidewhethersomeoneistrustworthyifyoudon'talreadyknowthem?•Whydowetrustpeoplewithmoneymorethanpeoplewithoutmoney?•Doactor/sportsstar/celebrityendorsementswork?Whydocorporationsspendmillionsonthemthen?