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Thank you for your bug report.

Attribution of this quote seemes quite disupted. Several sources claim Mark
Twain's fatherood, others lean towards a different author. Further, looks like
Twain did present lectures on the topic of spelling reform (see: 
http://everything2.com/title/A+Plan+for+the+Improvement+of+English+Spelling).

Waiting for a document stating with no doubts who wrote this quote, I adopted
a conservative approach:


--- fortune-mod-1.99.1.orig/datfiles/education
+++ fortune-mod-1.99.1/datfiles/education
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ brightly lit corner.
 A pencil with no point needs no eraser.
 %
         A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
-                         by Mark Twain
+                   attributed to Mark Twain

        For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped
 to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer


I have pushed this patch on the git repo, it will be uploaded soon.


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