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Quotation from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

“You can’t pray a lie—I found that out.”

Mark Twain (spoken by Huck)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter XXXI (Project Gutenberg #76 text)

Portrait of Mark Twain

Huck tries to pray to give up his sin of helping Jim, but finds the words will not come because he does not truly mean to give Jim up.

Citation: "You can’t pray a lie—I found that out." — Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter XXXI (Project Gutenberg #76 text). (id adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-q5)

Portrait: Huckleberry Finn book, E. W. Kemble, Public domain.

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