Mark Twain 
To the Person Sitting in Darkness 
An Essay

"To the Person Sitting in Darkness" is an essay by American author Mark Twain published in the North American Review in February 1901. It is a satire exposing imperialism as revealed in the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath, the Boer War, and the Philippine–American War expressing his anti-Imperialist views. It mentions the historical figures Emilio Aguinaldo, William Mc Kinley, Joseph Chamberlain, William Scott Ament and others, and fueled the Twain–Ament indemnities controversy.