American Speech
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Twain made American speech something to be admired.
Twain made American speech something to be admired. He used the way we talk and turned it into literature.
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American Speech
Clip: 1/6/2012 | 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Twain made American speech something to be admired. He used the way we talk and turned it into literature.
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