http://www.george-orwell.org/Mark_Twain_--_The_Licensed_Jester/0.html
On 7/10/10 12:00 AM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> "Whether anguishing over American military interventions abroad or
> delivering jabs at Wall Street tycoons, this Twain is strikingly
> contemporary. Though the autobiography also contains its share of homespun
> tales, some of its observations about American life are so acerbic - at one
> point Twain refers to American soldiers as 'uniformed assassins' - that his
> heirs and editors, as well as the writer himself, feared they would damage
> his reputation if not withheld.
>
> "'From the first, second, third and fourth editions all sound and sane
> expressions of opinion must be left out,' Twain instructed them in 1906.
> 'There may be a market for that kind of wares a century from now. There is
> no hurry. Wait and see.'"
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/books/10twain.html
>