He buried three children, lost the woman he loved, and spent his fortune chasing progress. Yet he found the strength to repay every debt, speak against empire when silence would’ve been easier, and keep asking uncomfortable questions until his final breath.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,” he wrote, “it is time to pause and reflect.”
The comet came. He came with it. Seventy-five years later, the comet returned. And precisely as he predicted, Mark Twain went out with it—a gambler who lost everything except his voice.
That voice still speaks. Still challenges. Still refuses to be comfortable.
Just as he intended. Voir moins
