Nature, however, always keeps him supplied with it,instead of putting it on his head, where it ought to be. He did not wish to be a Senator;he was too busy just now dictating biography, and added that he didn'tthink he would care for the job, anyway. Clemens stepped out on the terrace and saw rocketsclimbing through the summer sky to announce his arrival. Clemens, a few days later, wasinvited by Colonel Harvey to dine with Baron Rosen and M.
Kipling came down that afternoon and spent a couple of hours with me, and at the end of that time I had surprised him as much as he had surprised me--and the honors were easy. It was agood sermon, but coldly received, & it seemed best not to try to take upa collection. I do not steal things that are likely to get myself into trouble. Pratt & Whitney built it; butit was Paige's machine, nevertheless--the child of his marvelous gift.
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