Approximations, synopsized speeches, translated poems, artificial flowers and chromos all have a sort of value, but it is small.
"The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 6, 1907-1910"
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Henry Sidgwick, who synopsized it in Greek form and phrase for his book, Greek Prose Composition.
"Mark Twain, A Biography, Vol. 1, Part 1, 1835-1866 The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens"
Albert Bigelow Paine