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splizxer
What were Mark Twain's political views?
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morri
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Mark Twain held solidly progressive political views. From 1901 to 1910, he served as vice-president of the American Anti-Imperialist League.
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Mark Twain's political views are evident in his work; he supported abolition and emancipation, and considered himself a pacifist.
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Mark Twain was opposed to vivisection on an ethical basis; he wrote, "The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it." Twain felt the issue of possible human benefit was irrelevant.
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