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Quotation from Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
“But if I have to be an earl, there's one thing I can do: I can try to be a good one.”
Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter II (Project Gutenberg text)
Cedric breaks the news of his title to Mr. Hobbs and resolves that, since he cannot escape it, he will be a good earl and not a tyrant.
Citation: "But if I have to be an earl, there's one thing I can do: I can try to be a good one." — Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Chapter II (Project Gutenberg text). (id little-lord-fauntleroy-q2)
Portrait: Fauntleroy-FC-1886, Reginald Birch (illustrator); Charles Scribner's Sons, Public domain.
