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Search - On the Decay of the Art of Lying
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On the Decay of the Art of Lying Author: On the Decay of the Art of Lying is a short essay written by Mark Twain in 1885 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. In the essay, Twain laments the dour ways in which men of America's Gilded Age employ man's 'most faithfull friend'. He concludes by insisting that: "the wise thing is for us diligently to... more »
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- History >> Americas >> United States >> Civil War >> General
- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( T ) >> Twain, Mark >> General
- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( T ) >> Twain, Mark >> Hardcover
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- Literature & Fiction >> Essays >> General
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> 19th Century
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Classics >> Twain, Mark
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- Law >> Perspectives on Law >> Non-US Legal Systems