"The War Prayer"

[packbat]

From Fred 'slacktivist' Clark, who found it through The Washington Monthly:

From thewarprayer.com - available also on YouTube.

It was written circa 1905 but unpublished for a decade thereafter - six years after Twain's death - for fear that it would be seen as sacrilegious or unpatriotic.

Comments

[remix79.livejournal.com]

This was pretty good. I liked the build up.

[peri-renna.livejournal.com]

Mmhm! It's impressive, and distinctively Mark Twain.