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all right people last one in this section on Mark Twain and his fetish for

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the Mississippi River so here we go it can be inferred from the passage that [text on screen]

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Wayne couldn't get position about because all right well the correct

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answer here is the boldness thing Twain suggests that he wasn't bold enough to [picture of Twain]

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land a job by using words like meek and humbly to describe how he unsuccessfully

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applied other boys managed it but pora Markie there was laughed off the boats [writing on chalkboard]

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market when not marky-mark he would be tough enough right well there's no

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mention of Twain's Father stepping in to prevent the job hunt and there was [kid bounces off adult man]

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certainly no shortage of applicants but there was not enough evidence to suggest [text on screen]

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that it was a lack of open positions you know putting the kibosh on Twain's

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dreams Twain's shy manner gets him a cold shoulder and short words so he

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never had the time to flex his muscles before seeing his way to the door and [Twain as a kid walking on docks]

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yeah why do you think he became such a good writer

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