He always wore his hair short, had a preference for striped clothes, and died lamented by the government. He was a sore loss to his country. Charles Henry Twain lived during the latter part of the seventeenth century, and was a zealous and distinguished missionary. He converted sixteen thousand South Sea islanders, and taught them that a dog-tooth necklace and a pair of spectacles was not enough clothing to come to divine service in. My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest.
History is no better nor worse than the men and women who make it.
In pursuing what's in a name and why we should remember, we must be willing to accept the strengths and weaknesses of our subjects, and be skeptical of the sources. I suspect we also must learn to keep within the bounds of reason, and within what the intended audience will tolerate. Hold the biscuits. Thank you and good night.