MENTAL PHOTOGRAPHS- MARK TWAIN

a NUMBER OF THESE SHEETS ARE BOUND TOGETHER AND CALLED
A MENTAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

NOTHING COULD INDUCE ME TO FILL THOSE BLANKS
BUT THE ASSEVERATION OF MY PASTOR THAT IT WILL BENEFIT MY RACE...
THIS OVERCOMES MY SCRUPLES
I HAVE FILLED THE BLANKS

COLOUR? ANY THING BUT DUN
FLOWER? THE NIGHT-BLOOMING SIRIUS
TREE? ANY THAT BEARS THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
OBJECT IN NATURE? A DUMB BELLE
HOUR IN THE DAY? THE LEISURE HOUR

PERFUME? CENT. PER CENT.
GEM? THE JACK OF DIAMONDS WHEN IS IT TRUMP
HERE YOU LIKE TO LIVE? MOON, BECAUSE THERE NO WATER THERE
NAMES ? M'AIMEZ (MAIMIE AND TACUS SND MARIUS
CHARACTERS IN ROMANCE? THE NAPOLEON FAMILY
IN HISTORY? KING HEROD
FAVOURITE AMUSEMENT? HUNTING THE TIGER OR SAME KINDRED GAME
WHAT TRAIT OF CHARACTER? THE NOBLEST FORM OF CANNIBALISM
LOVE FOR HIS FELLOW-MAN
IF NOT YOURSELF? THE WANDERING JEW, WITH A NICE ANNUITY
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF HAPINESS? FINDING ALL BUTTONS ALL ON
WHAT IS YOUR BÊTE-NOIR? WHAT IS MY WHICH?

WHAT ARE THE SWEETEST WORDS IN THE WORLD? NOT GUILTY
SADDEST? DUST UNTO DUST
YOUR AIM IN LIFE? TO ENDEAVOUR TO BE ABSENT WHEN MY TIME COMES
YOUR MOTTO? BE VIRTUOS AND YOU WILL BE ECCENTRIC

AND YOU I HAVE ALREADY FILLED THE BLANKS