"He [Mark Twain] spoke of humor, and thought it must be one of the chief attributes of God. He cited plants and animals t..."

"[Citing a familiar "American joke":] In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Ph..."

"It should, it seems to me, be our pleasure and duty to make those people [the Filipinos] free, and let them deal with th..."