He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a — Mark Twain
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a — Mark Twain
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a — Mark Twain
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a — Mark Twain
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a — Mark Twain
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He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

— Mark Twain
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