What is Man?: And Other EssaysThe Old Man had asserted that the human being is merely a machine and nothing more. |
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| Título | What is Man?: And Other Essays Mark Twain's works The Complete works of Mark Twain |
| Autor | Mark Twain |
| Editor | Harper & Bros., 1917 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 5 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0598784098, 9780598784094 |
| Largo | 375 páginas |
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