TX-074
From Mark Twain in the German Language Press
[MT’s estate] | 8 Nov 1910
Freie Presse für Texas. San Antonio [TX], 8 Nov 1910. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Lib. of Congress, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045227/1910-11-08/ed-1/seq-1/.
The first three lines of the text below are part of the poem “Requiescat” by Ferdinand Freiligrath.
| Transcription | English Translation |
|---|---|
| „- doch auch dessen, Der mit Schädel und Hirn Hungernd pflügt, sei nicht vergessen.“ |
“- But also he, Who plowes with head and brain Always hungry, shall not be forgotten!” |
| So sang Freiligrath, und der kürzlich verstorbene Mark Twain hat $611,136 hinterlassen. | That is how Freiligrath put it, and the recently deceased Mark Twain left $611,136. |