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Quotation from Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
“Not a leak can show itself anywhere either in its politics, honor, or public safety, that a million fingers are not ready to stop it, at any cost.”
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Chapter 18, Friends in Need (Project Gutenberg #764)
After telling Ben the story of the boy of Haarlem, Lambert says the boy stands for the spirit of all Holland.
Citation: "Not a leak can show itself anywhere either in its politics, honor, or public safety, that a million fingers are not ready to stop it, at any cost." — Mary Mapes Dodge, Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Chapter 18, Friends in Need (Project Gutenberg #764). (id hans-brinker-q3)
Virtues: Fortitude
Portrait: Dodge Stahl - Les Patins d argent page 10, TH Schuler, Public domain.
