"A habit cannot be tossed out the window;
it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Twain more than occasionally offered droll insights like this one, with a mid-West river boatman's colorful animation.
I think Twain would have been willing to argue the point, if anyone had wished to do so, as long as it could be done without hurrying the thing along, and without taking it too awfully seriously…..
More from Mr. Clemens......
No comments:
Post a Comment