Mark Twain Quotes
There's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me, and I reckon it don't work for only just the right kind.
Topics
Spirituality
Widows
Divine Intervention
Prayer, Prayers, Praying
Religious Faith
Body
Spiritual Practice
Emotional Resonance
Faith and Healing
Faith and Spirituality
Individual Experience
Personal Connection
Power of Prayer
Religious Skepticism
Spiritual Belief
Spiritual Connection
Spiritual Exclusivity
Spiritual Influence
prayer effectiveness
Faith Limitations
Citations
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".