Twain-On the Decay of the Art of Lying 谈撒谎艺术的没落.pdf

Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf Editions. On the Decay of the Art of Lying. Mark Twain. Open Mark Twain. On Lying. About the author Twain had a fascination with science and scientific inquiry. Twain developed a close and lasting friendship with Nikola Tesla. They spent quite a bit of time together from time to time (in Tesla’s laboratory, Samuel Langhorne Clemens among other places). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (November 30, 1835-April 21, 1910), featured a time traveller from the America of Twain’s day who used his better known by his pen name Mark Twain, knowledge of science to introduce modern technology to Arthurian was a famous and popular American England. humorist, writer and lecturer. Twain was a major figure in the Anti-Imperialist League which opposed the annexation of the Philippines by the United States. He He was also a steamboat pilot, gold prospector, and journalist. At wrote “Incident in the Philippines”, posthumously published in 1924, his peak, he was probably the most popular American celebrity of his