The Constitution of our country does not say so. No other citizen was ever considered unworthy of this office because he enriched his grapevines with his dead relatives. Why should I be selected as the first victim of an absurd prejudice

True

Explanation:

These short narrative are found in Mark Twain Speaks for Himself, edited by Paul Fatout. Here, Twain was seen to have spoken volumes for himself through his newspaper stories, humorous columns, letters, speeches, and interviews, gathered together here for the first time in one paperback volume. He constructed the his words in print to seem as if they were spoken directly by him.