Early in his career, Mark Twain took a job as a newspaper reporter. He was instructed by his editor never to state anything as a fact that he could not verify from personal knowledge. His first assignment was to cover an important social event. After the event, he turned in the following story:
A woman, representing her name to be Mrs. James Jones, is reported to be one of the city’s leading society figures. It is said that today she gave what purported to be a party for a number of alleged ladies. The hostess claims to be the wife of a man reputed to be a local physician.
On the evening of the first Easter the disciples…
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