https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2018-10-25 20:41:16 UTC 2023-02-14 02:00:01 UTC hello@padlet.com aclute https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/297176599 The book 'Mark Twain on Man and Beast' is a collection of both Mark Twain's stories and significant parts of his life. Not having much of a plot or much of a story in general, it's just a collection of those. It goes into detail about Mark Twain's thoughts on human nature and its flaws. It also emphasizes that animals are better than humans in nearly all aspects. Even going as far as calling humans the "lowest animal". ]]> 2018-10-25 20:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/297176599 aclute https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/297213392 The author of this book is Janet E. Smith, who is an American classicist and philosopher. She was born in 1950 and as of writing is currently 68 years old. ]]> 2018-10-25 23:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/297213392 aclute https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/297231885 2018-10-26 01:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/297231885 aclute https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300420787 "On the other hand:"Circumstance is powerful, but it cannot work alone...Its partner is a man's temperament -his natural disposition. His temperament...is born in him, and he has no authority over it, neither is he responsible for its acts. He cannot change it, nothing can change it, nothing can modify it-except temporarily. But it won't stay modified. It is permanent, like the color of a man's eyes..."]]> 2018-11-05 12:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300420787 aclute https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300429129 "Although our grandfathers took it calmly, our fathers did not, for they had fallen passionately in love with human nature-"the spirit of the man" as it was lovingly and reverently called- and if there was one human activity that pleased them more than another, it was "creativity"]]> 2018-11-05 12:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300429129 aclute https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300435121 "In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which the other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel, and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace; even affectionately."]]> 2018-11-05 13:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300435121 aclute https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300929550 2018-11-06 12:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aclute/zo0nvd1y6xnn/wish/300929550