[poconopundit]

Thanks, GOPJ. Glad to hear literary criticism hit the mark. Free Republic's contributors make these back-and-forths on so many subjects possible.

BTW, Hollywood made its own version of the Twain story: turned into a movie with Gregory Peck which you can find on Youtube.

[GOPJ]

It wasn’t criticism it was praise. My mother used to say you know an idea is brilliant when you say, ‘That’s so obvious, why didn’t I ever see it before’... What you wrote was beautifully crafted.