“ A newspaper has its faults, and plenty of them, but no matter, it’s hark from the tomb for a dead nation, and don’t you forget it. You can’t resurrect a dead nation without it; there isn’t any way. ”
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| Topic | newspaper fault |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/86/86-h/86-h.htm |
Context
“I not only watched this tournament from day to day, but detailed an intelligent priest from my Department of Public Morals and Agriculture, and ordered him to report it; for it was my purpose by and by, when I should have gotten the people along far enough, to start a newspaper. The first thing you want in a new country, is a patent office; then work up your school system; and after that, out with your paper. A newspaper has its faults, and plenty of them, but no matter, it’s hark from the tomb for a dead nation, and don’t you forget it. You can’t resurrect a dead nation without it; there isn’t any way. So I wanted to sample things, and be finding out what sort of reporter-material I might be able to rake together out of the sixth century when I should come to need it.
Well, the priest did very well, considering.” source
Well, the priest did very well, considering.” source
