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A Telephonic Conversation, The Original Short Story (Annotated): Masterpiece Collection: A Telephonic Conversation, Mark Twain Famous Quotes, Book List, and Biography
Mark Twain
Paperback. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015-11-03.
ISBN 9781519109675
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(A Telephonic Conversation, Mark Twain) Includes: 100 famous quotes of Mark Twain, Complete bibliography of Mark Twain, Biography of Mark Twain, Consider that a conversation by telephone-when you are simply siting by and not taking any part in that conversation-is one of the solemnest curiosities of modern life. Yesterday I was writing a deep article on a sublime philosophical subject while such a conversation was going on in the room. I notice that one can always write best when somebody is talking through a telephone close by. Well, the thing began in this way. A member of our household came in and asked me to have our house put into communication with Mr. Bagley's downtown. I have observed, in many cities, that the sex always shrink from calling up the central office themselves. I don't know why, but they do. So I touched the bell, and this talk ensued:
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