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Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands
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THESE ISLANDS ARE SITUATED
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EIGHTY OR NINETY YEARS AGO
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THE NATIVES ARE A RICH DARK BROWN
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THE KING EXERCISED ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY
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AFTER THE PRIESTS CAME THE CHIEFS
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AT ALL TIMES IT WAS DEATH FOR A WOMAN
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THE BEST EDUCATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
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THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY CAN
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LIES THAT STUN YOU WITH THEIR IMPERIAL IMPOSSIBILITY
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WHEN THEY TAKE A NOTION TO DIE THEY DIE,
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AND THEN THEY KILL AND EAT HIM
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USED TO SAVE UP A GOOD APPETITE FOR JUST BEFORE ELECTION
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THEY USED TO BE CRUEL TO THEMSELVES.
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THE NOBLE AMERICAN GAME OF "SEVEN UP,"
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A JUDICIOUS SYSTEM OF RAILWAY SPECULATIONS,
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UNLETTERED AS THE BACKSIDE OF A TOMBSTONE
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Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands
Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands
Mark Twain, pseud. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands