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"An amusing way of telling an unhappy period of life. If you want to read such stories written by a master, look out for Mark Twain’s essays. He writes things like “the poor man had his knee amputated from the knee upwards.” Mark Twain had a fantastic theory about death. He said that since most deaths occurred in beds, then beds must be the most dangerous places in the world. So, to avoid death, keep away from beds. He suggested that insurance companies, instead of insuring people against death in buses and trains, should insure them against death in bed."