Mark Twain
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In this age of inventive wonders all men have come to believe that in some genius' brain sleeps the solution of the grand problem of aerial navigation-and along with that belief is the hope that that genius will reveal his miracle before they die, and likewise a dread that he will poke off somewhere and die himself before he finds out that he has such a wonder lying dormant in his brain. We all know the air can be navigated-therefore, hurry up your sails and bladders-satisfy us-let us have peace. ✨ Mark Twain, John C. Gerber, Terry Firkins (1983). Tom Sawyer Abroad ; Tom Sawyer Detective, p.180, Univ of California Press

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