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Quotation from Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

“The boys they make believe all the time till they've cheated 'emselves into bein' men, an' so till they die--pretendin' an' pretendin”

Rudyard Kipling (spoken by Tom Platt)

Captains Courageous, Chapter V (1897 text)

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Watching Harvey copy the walk and stroke of each crewman, Tom Platt observes how boys grow into men by imitation.

Citation: "The boys they make believe all the time till they've cheated 'emselves into bein' men, an' so till they die--pretendin' an' pretendin" — Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous, Chapter V (1897 text). (id captains-courageous-q4)

Portrait: Rudyard Kipling - Captains Courageous, first US Edition (1897), Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936), Public domain.

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