The literary and artistic instinct which attained its fruition in him had percolated through the veins of a long line of silent singers, of poets and painters, unborn to the world of expression till he arrived upon the scene.
Watterson reflects on the literary heritage that contributed to Mark Twain's artistic talents.
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In short he was an opportunist void of conviction and indifferent to consistency.
But he can hardly be called a sentimentalist, as Greeley was, and there is nothing but sentiment—gush and gammon—in the proposed League of Nations.
Yet it is after all a figure of speech not a personality that appeals to our sense of duty without necessarily engaging our affection.
Religion’s the only game whar you can’t lose.
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