Status Updates From Mark Twain's America

“Somewhere in the person of Mark Twain, who wrote it, must have been an artist - as American.”
“There is more of America in Mark Twain’s books than in any others.”
“Whatever else this frontier humorist did, whatever he failed to do, this much he did. He wrote books that have in them something eternally true to the core of his nation’s life. They are at the center; all other books whatsoever are…

I'm just skipping around on this a bit. Don't much care for the style.