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Telegraphing thoughts from two minds across 3000 miles
A humorous tale recounts Mark Twain's anecdote of two well known men separately conceiving the same book idea on March 2. Twain explains a telepathic link with Mr. Wright of Virginia Nevada, detailing how both letters matched in content, suggesting one mind sent the idea to the other. The piece muses on originality and common invention across distances.
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Mark Twain
Nevada
William H. Wright
Virginia
Nev
Mr. Wright
Wright
Bright
Globe
Professi Henry
Wheatstone
England
Morse
Munich
Harper's