The cigar-box which the European calls a 'lift' needs but to be compar…

Mark Twain
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The cigar-box which the European calls a 'lift' needs but to be compared with our elevators to be appreciated. The lift stops to reflect between floors. That is all right in a hearse, but not in elevators. The American elevator acts like a man's patent purge-it works. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.98, Courier Corporation
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