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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) was a human who lived on Earth during the 19th and 20th centuries. Better known as Mark Twain, he was one of the most noted American authors of this time period.

Cadet Elizabeth Shelby, when she attended the "meet-and-greet" at Starfleet Academy, she was reminded of a quote by Twain, when she saw all the Academy uniforms. The quotation was: "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society". (NF novel: Stone and Anvil)

Samuel Clemens met several members of the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) in 1893 when Data was accidentally transported back to that year from 1893 from 2369. Data was soon followed by Jean-Luc Picard, William T. Riker, Geordi LaForge, Beverly Crusher, and Deanna Troi. Following them, Clemens was transported in to the future, and was given a tour of the Enterprise by Deanna Troi. He became convinced that humanity's future was indeed bright. (TNG episode Time's Arrow, Part II).

Clemens returned to 1893 to give Picard instructions on how to return to the 24th century. Clemens agreed to settle the Enterprise crew's boarding house bill, and to arrange care for the 19th century version of Guinan, who had been seriously injured. When Picard told Clemens that he wished he could've gotten to him better, Clemens told Picard to read his books, that who he was was in those books. (TNG episode Time's Arrow, Part II).

Jake Sisko had taken to read some of Clemens' novels by 2369. He was especially fond of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, so much so, that his father Benjamin called him "Huckleberry". (DS9 novelization: "Emissary")

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