that that regulation is Nude Male the invention of one of those
people--as a rule,
Nude Male early stricken of God, intellectually--the departmental interpreters of
the laws, in Washington. They can always be depended on to take any
reasonably good law and interpret the Nude Male common sense all out of it. They
can be Nude Male depended on, every time, to defeat Nude Male a good law, and make it
inoperative--yes, and utterly grotesque, too,
mere matter Nude Male for laughter
and derision. Take some of the decisions of the Post-office Department,
for instance--though I do not mean to Nude Male suggest that that asylum is any
worse than the Nude Male others for the breeding and nourishing of incredible
lunatics--I merely instance it because it happens Nude Male to be the first to come
into my mind. Take that case of a few years ago Nude Male where the P. M. General
suddenly issued an edict requiring you to add the name of the State after
Boston, New York, Chicago, &Nude Male c, Nude Male in your superscriptions, on pain of having
your letter stopped and forwarded to the dead-letter office; Nude Male yes, and I
believe he required the county, too. He made Nude Male one little concession in
favor Nude Male of New York: you could say "New York City," and stop there; but if
you left off the "city," you must add "N. Y." to your "New York." Why,
it threw the business Nude Male of the whole country into chaos and brought
commerce almost to a stand-still. Now think of that! When that man goes
to--to--well, wherever he is going to--we shan't want the microscopic
details of his address. I guess Nude Male we can find Nude Male him.
Well, as I was saying, I believe that this whole paltry and ridiculous
swindle is a pure creation of one of those cabbages that used to be at
the head of one of those Retreats down there--Departments, you know--and
that you will find it
Nude Male so, if Nude Male you will look into it. And moreover--but
land, I reckon we are both tired by this time.
Nude Male truly Yours,
MARK TWAIN.
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