...that " Life itself is only a vision, a dream. . . . Nothing exists save empty space — and you. . . . Strange, indeed, that you should not have suspected...universe and its contents were only dreams, visions, fictions. Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane — like all dreams, . . . the...

...should not have suspected that your universe and its contents were only dreams, visions, fictions. Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane — like all dreams, . . . the silly creations of an imagination that is not conscious of its freaks — in a word, . ....

...a phrase, that "life itself is only a vision, a dream" ; but he soon drifts into stuff like this : "Strange ! that you should not have suspected years...that your universe and its contents were only dreams, vision, fiction! Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane — like all dreams ;...

...indeed, that you should not have suspected that your universe and its contents were only dreams, vision, fiction ! Strange, because they are so frankly and...who could make good children as easily as bad, yet perferred to make bad ones ; who could have made every one of them happy, yet never made a single happy...

...will banish me from your visions and I shall dissolve into the nothingness out of which you made me.' 'Strange, that you should not have suspected years...frankly and hysterically insane — like all dreams. ' " 1 One of the articles of his early creed runs thus: "I do not see why I should be either punished...

...servant, have revealed you to yourself, and set you free. Dream other dreams, and better! "Strange! that you should not have suspected . . . that your...universe and its contents were only dreams, visions, fictions! Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane ... a grotesque and foolish...

...dream — your dream, creature of your imagination." (emphasis Twain's)80 A little later, Satan adds: "Strange! that you should not have suspected years...universe and its contents were only dreams, visions, fiction!"81 More than eightysix years after Twain left India, Professor David Grant of the United States...

...dream-marks are all present — you should have recognized them earlier." "Strange!" he continues, "that you should not have suspected . . . that your...universe and its contents were only dreams, visions, fictions! Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane — like all dreams" (MS, 4O4).58...

...— your dream. . . . Strange! that you should not have suspected, years ago, centuries, ages, aeons ago! for you have existed, companionless through all...universe and its contents were only dreams, visions, fictions! Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane — like all dreams: a God who...

...especially Twain's #44 — or Albert Bigelow Paine's "Mysterious Stranger" — puts the matter succinctly: "Strange, indeed, that you should not have suspected...universe and its contents were only dreams, visions, fictions! Strange, because they are so frankly and hysterically insane — like all dreams: a God who...