![]() ![]() He acknowledges that he had been able to learn important lessons that helped him in safe piloting but then it was not exciting anymore and likens this to the doctors (Clemens 238). He says that “all the grace, the beauty, the poetry has gone out of the majestic river!” (Clemens 237). However, as Clemens mastered the art of piloting the steamboat, he felt that the river did not excite him anymore. By using the book, Clemens actually refers to the Mississippi river and all the lessons he had to learn as a steamboat pilot. Clemens acknowledges that it was useless for the uneducated (non-pilots) to understand the book because it was a dead language to them. He claims that it was not a book to be read once because every day it had a new story to tell. He states, “The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book” (Clemens 237). He likens the whole experience as an interesting book. Samwell Clemens in his story Life on the Mississippi explores his excitement in learning how to pilot a steamboat. ![]()
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