I hadreached the grandfather stage of life without grandchildren, so I beganto adopt some. Then, ofcourse, it happened, as it must sooner or later at a busy time, that hewas given a small news assignment. Only relatives and a few of the nearest friends were invited tothe ceremony. Is there any evidence that he didn't? I asked.
It was on the 4th of June, 1902, that Mark Twain received his doctor oflaws degree from the State University at Columbia, Missouri. His complexion is very fair, and he doesn't ware a beard: He is a very good man, and a very funny one; he has got a temper but we all of us have in this family. At 14 West Tenth Street letters, newspaper clippings, documents poured inby the bushel--laudations, vituperations, denunciations, vindications; nosuch tumult ever occurred in a peaceful literary home. It is possible, for I had that custom.
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