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Quotation from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

“These ambitions faded out, each in its turn; but the ambition to be a steamboatman always remained.”

Mark Twain (spoken by Mark Twain (narrator))

Life on the Mississippi, Chapter 4 (Project Gutenberg #245)

Portrait of Mark Twain

Twain recalls the passing dreams of the Hannibal boys, to be clowns, minstrels, or pirates, and the one that never faded.

Citation: "These ambitions faded out, each in its turn; but the ambition to be a steamboatman always remained." — Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, Chapter 4 (Project Gutenberg #245). (id life-on-the-mississippi-q1)

Portrait: Life on the Mississippi, Unknown, Public domain.

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