Ron Chernow

dignity and uh and and respect but it's an amazing story because it did take several years to pay off the debts but you know what amazed me conan okay so he goes through this terrible grueling it was a 12 or 13 month round the world um tour and then they're living in um vienna And he discovers that there is this patent for a new process for printing on carpets and textiles and tapestries.

dignity and uh and and respect but it's an amazing story because it did take several years to pay off the debts but you know what amazed me conan okay so he goes through this terrible grueling it was a 12 or 13 month round the world um tour and then they're living in um vienna And he discovers that there is this patent for a new process for printing on carpets and textiles and tapestries.

He hears about this new invention. He goes to the American consulate and he spends a day reading up on this industry. He's known nothing about this before. After 24 hours, he's convinced that he's the world's leading authority on this.

He hears about this new invention. He goes to the American consulate and he spends a day reading up on this industry. He's known nothing about this before. After 24 hours, he's convinced that he's the world's leading authority on this.

He hears about this new invention. He goes to the American consulate and he spends a day reading up on this industry. He's known nothing about this before. After 24 hours, he's convinced that he's the world's leading authority on this.

And he writes a letter to his friend, Henry Rogers, who is one of the main moguls of Standard Oil. And he suggests that they buy up the worldwide patents. The device was called the Raster. He said, we should buy the worldwide patents for this. He said, people will call it a trust. this global monopoly they will have. But we mustn't mind that. You know, people will talk, but that's okay.

And he writes a letter to his friend, Henry Rogers, who is one of the main moguls of Standard Oil. And he suggests that they buy up the worldwide patents. The device was called the Raster. He said, we should buy the worldwide patents for this. He said, people will call it a trust. this global monopoly they will have. But we mustn't mind that. You know, people will talk, but that's okay.

And he writes a letter to his friend, Henry Rogers, who is one of the main moguls of Standard Oil. And he suggests that they buy up the worldwide patents. The device was called the Raster. He said, we should buy the worldwide patents for this. He said, people will call it a trust. this global monopoly they will have. But we mustn't mind that. You know, people will talk, but that's okay.

And so he's gone from knowing nothing about this to suddenly imagining that he's going to be the head of a global monopoly.

And so he's gone from knowing nothing about this to suddenly imagining that he's going to be the head of a global monopoly.

And so he's gone from knowing nothing about this to suddenly imagining that he's going to be the head of a global monopoly.

Yeah, I mean, he says that anyone who's not a pessimist is a damn fool. He actually says there was no life ever worth living. No life was worth living. It was worth living. And he was asked if he would like to live his life all over again. He said, I would like to relive my youth and then drown myself. He made this statement that the... Only gift that God gave to the race was youth.

Yeah, I mean, he says that anyone who's not a pessimist is a damn fool. He actually says there was no life ever worth living. No life was worth living. It was worth living. And he was asked if he would like to live his life all over again. He said, I would like to relive my youth and then drown myself. He made this statement that the... Only gift that God gave to the race was youth.

Yeah, I mean, he says that anyone who's not a pessimist is a damn fool. He actually says there was no life ever worth living. No life was worth living. It was worth living. And he was asked if he would like to live his life all over again. He said, I would like to relive my youth and then drown myself. He made this statement that the... Only gift that God gave to the race was youth.

He felt that everything else after that was bitterness and disappointment. And he's always kind of pining for this lost paradise of his youth, which is why he wrote so powerfully about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, which of course has much darker tones to it. But it's a bit of a paradox because he had this adoring wife. He could not have had a better wife than Libby.

He felt that everything else after that was bitterness and disappointment. And he's always kind of pining for this lost paradise of his youth, which is why he wrote so powerfully about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, which of course has much darker tones to it. But it's a bit of a paradox because he had this adoring wife. He could not have had a better wife than Libby.

He felt that everything else after that was bitterness and disappointment. And he's always kind of pining for this lost paradise of his youth, which is why he wrote so powerfully about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, which of course has much darker tones to it. But it's a bit of a paradox because he had this adoring wife. He could not have had a better wife than Libby.

Yeah, and actually one of the interesting parts of the story is Twain said when they first met that he, Twain, was a mighty, coarse, rough customer. And she took this man and she really, because he'd come from this little backwater town, she made him presentable in polite society. And he really didn't know how to do it. She helped him with what we would today call the anger management.

Yeah, and actually one of the interesting parts of the story is Twain said when they first met that he, Twain, was a mighty, coarse, rough customer. And she took this man and she really, because he'd come from this little backwater town, she made him presentable in polite society. And he really didn't know how to do it. She helped him with what we would today call the anger management.

Yeah, and actually one of the interesting parts of the story is Twain said when they first met that he, Twain, was a mighty, coarse, rough customer. And she took this man and she really, because he'd come from this little backwater town, she made him presentable in polite society. And he really didn't know how to do it. She helped him with what we would today call the anger management.