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Quotation from Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

“It is an ugly business, boy, this surgery”

Mary Mapes Dodge (spoken by Dr. Boekman)

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Chapter 47, Broad Sunshine (Project Gutenberg #764)

Portrait of Mary Mapes Dodge

The doctor tests Hans after the boy says that surgery is the grandest thing on earth.

Citation: "It is an ugly business, boy, this surgery" — Mary Mapes Dodge, Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, Chapter 47, Broad Sunshine (Project Gutenberg #764). (id hans-brinker-q6)

Portrait: Dodge Stahl - Les Patins d argent page 10, TH Schuler, Public domain.

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