“ Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. ”
Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Source | Following the Equator |
| Topic | care grief sharing joy |
| Date | 1897 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2895/2895-h/2895-h.htm |
Context
“«The day that sees this far-spread evil completely eradicated from India, and known only in name, will greatly tend to immortalize British rule in the East.»
It would be hard to word a claim more modestly than that for this most noble work. CHAPTER XLVIII.
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
—Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar.
We left Bombay for Allahabad by a night train. It is the custom of the country to avoid day travel when it can conveniently be done. But there is one trouble: while you can seemingly «secure» the two lower berths by making early application, there is no ticket as witness of it, and no other producible evidence in case your proprietorship shall chance to be challenged.” source
It would be hard to word a claim more modestly than that for this most noble work. CHAPTER XLVIII.
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
—Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar.
We left Bombay for Allahabad by a night train. It is the custom of the country to avoid day travel when it can conveniently be done. But there is one trouble: while you can seemingly «secure» the two lower berths by making early application, there is no ticket as witness of it, and no other producible evidence in case your proprietorship shall chance to be challenged.” source
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