"Since long, my gentlemen, have I the passionate longing nursed a speech on German to hold, but one has not me permitted."
-From Mark Twain;s literal translation of his 'Concordia Speech', given in German, October 31, 1897
"I have not sufficiently mastered German, to allow my using it with impunity. My collection of fourteen-syllable German words is still incomplete. But I have just added to that collection a jewel—a veritable jewel. I found it in a telegram from Linz, and it contains ninety-five letters:
Personaleinkommensteuerschatzungskommissionsmitgli edsreisekostenrechnungs erganzungsrevisionsfund
If I could get a similar word engraved upon my tombstone I should sleep beneath it in peace."
-Mark Twain, speech in Vienna, March 10, 1899
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