Frank Manola wrote:
>>> FYI: Mark Twain gave the same advice in replying to mail (although
>>> his mail was paper).
>>
>> Really? wow, it's an honor to have independently discovered that.
>>
>> Frank, do you have a pointer for that?
>>
>
> I remembered it from a book of Twain's selected letters, and he actually
> stated the principle in more than one place, in slightly different
> language. The passage I remembered can be found online at
> http://www.oldhippy.org/books/MTBio/MTBio174.html (it starts part way
> down the page). Apparently he applied this principle so often that he
> started a series of matched pairs of letters: the unsent version and the
> one he actually wound up sending. This is the proposed introduction to
> the series. Needless to say, the unsent letters are hilarious!
>
> A different passage where he says much the same thing can be found at
> http://mark-twain.classic-literature.co.uk/mark-twains-letters-1886-1900/ebook-page-04.asp
>
> (and related pages).
Thanks! much appreciated!
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