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Mark Twain: 10 letters from his readers

The fan letters found in "Dear Mark Twain," edited by R. Kent Rasmussen, express gratitude, greed, caring, and downright delight. 

4. Your gummed lines

Dear Sir;

 I am a plain minister of the gospel, and I wish to say, I never swore any more in my life than I have today.  Certainly your Scrap Book with nothing but gummed lines is a very funny book 鈥 probably the funniest book you ever made, but, my dear Twain, why didn't you tell folks not to moisten your gummed lines with their fingers. I got stuck to those gummed lines.

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