MARK TWAIN

found they could not be depended on, and had to do it
myself.

The moral sense enables one to perceive morality—and
avoid it. The immoral sense enables one to perceive im-
morality and enjoy it

Oct. 24 '96. Wrote the first chapter of the book today.
[Round the World. Later called Following the Equator.}

Max (Orell) that industrious dealer in literary old do*.
Thankful he has kept the respect &c. Let him venture to
Sydney and see. But there is no harm in him. He merely
fell into "literature" as a blind mule falls into a well. He
continues in "lit" because he finds it cool and pleasant to
soak himself in other people's water.

London is a collection of villages. When you live in one
of them with its quiet back streets (Chelsea) and its one
street of stores and shops (Kingsroad) little bits of stores
and shops like those of any other village, it is not possible
for you to realize that you are in the heart of the greatest
city in the world.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy
soul.

Our address discovered after three weeks of peaceful
seclusion. Given to some reporter by Chelsea librarian?
But how did he know me?

The long-legged, gray bird in the Grand Hotel Garden
in Port Elizabeth that danced and showed off. Asked
Clara to tell about him. And the one that played with the
keeper at Jaypore.

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