...culti- ' vate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always...would have satisfied my dearest ambition at any time; for they could get instruction elsewhere, and I had two chances to help to the teacher's one: for amusement...

...cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always...would have satisfied my dearest ambition at any time; for they could get instruction elsewhere, and I had two chances to help to the teacher's one: for amusement...

...cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always hunted for bigger game—the masses. I have seldom deliberately tried to instruct them, but have done my best to entertain...

...cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always hunted for bigger game—the masses. I have seldom deliberately tried to instruct them, but have done my best to entertain...

...cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always hunted for bigger game—the masses. I have seldom deliberately tried to instruct them, but have done my best to entertain...

...cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always...instruct them, but have done my best to entertain them. . . . My audience is dumb, it has no voice in print, and so I cannot know whether I have won its approbation...

...cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always hunted for bigger game — the masses." It is impossible to review here all Mark Twain's writings ; but mention must be made of one more book,...

...usually vain attempts to please fastidious critics. I write for the million, I want to please them, I know how to do it, I have done it. "I have never tried,...would have satisfied my dearest ambition at any time." 23 It is hardly necessary to dwell upon the weak points in this theory. Whatever Mark, or any one else...

...want to please them, I know how to do it, I have done it. " I have never tried, in even one single 21 instance, to help cultivate the cultivated classes....the weak points in this theory. Whatever Mark, or any one else professes, it cannot be questioned that he would prefer the approbation of the cultured...

...entschuldigend anklagt. Darin bezeichnet er sich eindeutig als Jäger nach dem Beifall der Massen1): „/ have seldom deliberately tried to instruct them, but...would have satisfied my dearest ambition at any time." Er vergleicht seine Kunst geradezu mit dem Chromo und dem Melodeon. Aber wenn man die Verhältnisse...