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[Sarah]

Please Help me find the Mark Twain passage where he deals with the 'redemption' of a drunk and the bliss and hopes pinned on the success, and the obvious falling back into alcoholism of a town drunk. (I remember it being a few pages...) I've spent HOURS trying to find it. Thanks, Sarah

[joshhiggins]

A Massachusets Senator in Boris Yeltsin's court?

[martin_fierro]

[Verginius Rufus]

Huck Finn, chapter 5.

[Petronski]

Just glancing at that photo, it resembles a human skull. I wonder if that is intentional (actually, through the fog of a bad cold, I wonder if anyone else sees it but me).

[Aliska]

Searchable database of Mark Twain books

Huck Finn was modelled after the son of the town drunk, Tom Blankenship, I think. Maybe it was in Tom Sawyer, the most widely-read Twain book. Anyway, you can search many of his books at the link.

He wrote many short stories as well; they aren't included. I'm guessing you read it in one of Twain's novels.

[crazyshrink]

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mark_twain.html

[ozzymandus]

I have a big, fat, book in the basement entitled “The Complete Works Of Mark Twain”, but I ain’t diggin’ it out.

Hope this helps. ;>)

[ThreePuttinDude]

I see a babe checking out her look in a mirror

then I see a skull, after you mentioned it...

[Red_Devil 232]

A skull was what I saw first!

[xsmommy]

very halloweenish of you.

[martin_fierro]

"I don't like to stir 'em up, either. S'pose this one here was to stick his skull out and say something!"

-- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer CHAPTER XXV

[Fairview]

Of course it is supposed to be a skull. Vanity is a sin and like all sins leads to (spiritual) death.

[Petronski]

Well played!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.twainquotes.com/quotesatoz.html

Above URL has many quotes and links to other things by Twain.
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If you gave more information, as Drunks return too many pages by Twain.

[Mila]

Here's another version.

[lilylangtree]

New Jersey’s recently resigned governor.

[Lancey Howard]

Ha! Scrolling down to the posts, I just noticed a skull and paid it no attention. It wasn’t until I read your post that I went back and saw the elements that form the skull. Very clever piece of art!

[Petronski]

Thanks for that. Obviously it IS intended.

[Roccus]

Is that one of those “Left brain/Right brain” tests?