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Facial Hair Friday: Mark Twain

May 3, 2019April 30, 2019 by Jessie Kratz, posted in Facial Hair Fridays

Today’s blog post comes from Paige Weaver in the History Office of the National Archives. Mark Twain was not a fan of beards. He once said that a beard “performs no useful function; it is a nuisance and a discomfort; all nations hate it; all nations persecute it with the razor.” With such a strong … Continue reading Facial Hair Friday: Mark Twain

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