Sketches New and Old, Part 4.

SKETCHES NEW AND OLD, Part 4
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SKETCHES NEW AND OLD
by Mark Twain
Part 4.
CONTENTS:
THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
MR. BLOKE'S ITEM A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT AFTER-DINNER SPEECH LIONIZING MURDERERS A NEW CRIME A CURIOUS DREAM A TRUE STORY
THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
[written about 1870]
["Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well."—B. F.] This party was one of those persons whom they call Philosophers. He was
This party was one of those persons whom they call Philosophers. He was twins, being born simultaneously in two different houses in the city of Boston. These houses remain unto this day, and have signs upon them worded in accordance with the facts. The signs are considered well enough to have, though not necessary, because the inhabitants point out the two birthplaces to the stranger anyhow, and ...