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In truth, the passenger who could not read this book saw nothing but all manner of pretty pictures in it painted by the sun and shaded by the clouds, whereas to the trained eye these were not pictures at all, but the grimmest and most dead-earnest of reading-matter.

the phrases “all manner of pretty pictures” and “most dead-earnest of reading-matter” emphasize the idea that

twain believes that the passengers are not as smart as he is.

twain wishes that the passengers could see the river the way that he does.

the passengers and twain perceive the river in very different ways.

the passengers are able to understand the river in a way that twain cannot

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