Love Mark Twain. Love him. Love him!! Thanks for posting this. I too had never seen the illustrated version before.
"Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."
Sounds familiar huh? Current columnist? Present day politico? Nope -- Mark Twain.
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Date: Monday, October 18th, 2004 06:06 am (UTC)"Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."
Sounds familiar huh? Current columnist? Present day politico? Nope -- Mark Twain.
Gotta love him.
EG