"To the Person Sitting in Darkness"
Magazine article
By: Mark Twain
Date: February 1901
Source: Twain, Mark. "To the Person Sitting in Darkness." North American Review. February 1901, 2–5, 7–9, 14–15.
About the Author: Even today, Mark Twain (1834–1910) is one of America's best known and most distinctive authors. Born in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri, he was a humorist, lecturer, and author. While Twain is best known for such novels as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, he was capable of biting satire in his works. He did not hesitate to use this skill to take a stand on social and political issues.
Introduction
In the century and more following the creation of the United States in 1783, the most consistent themes of American foreign policy were avoiding "entangling alliances" with foreign powers, defending the territorial integrity of the homeland...
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