WHAT IS MAN?AND OTHER ESSAYSBy Mark Twain(Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910)CONTENTS [WHAT IS MAN?] [THE DEATH OF JEAN] [THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE] [HOW TO MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK] [THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION] [A SCRAP OF CURIOUS HISTORY] [SWITZERLAND, THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY] [AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER] [WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS] [ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT] [A SIMPLIFIED ALPHABET] [AS CONCERNS INTERPRETING THE DEITY] [CONCERNING TOBACCO] [THE BEE] [TAMING THE BICYCLE] [IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?] WHAT IS MAN?Ia. Man the Machine. b. Personal Merit