I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian and I knew how these things are done. I knew that in Biblical times if a man committed a sin the extermination of the whole surrounding nation-cattle and all-was likely to happen. I knew that Providence was not particular about the rest, so that He got somebody connected with the one He was after. β¨ Mark Twain (2016). Mark Twain in Eruption (Abridged, Annotated), p.177, BIG BYTE BOOKS
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