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Quotation from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“lest there should be too much of the dragon's tooth in his children's disposition, used to find time from his kingly duties to teach them their A B C”

Nathaniel Hawthorne (spoken by Narrator)

Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth (Project Gutenberg #976)

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne

The tale ends with King Cadmus teaching his children the alphabet he invented, so that they will not be as fierce as the soldiers born from the dragon's teeth.

Citation: "lest there should be too much of the dragon's tooth in his children's disposition, used to find time from his kingly duties to teach them their A B C" — Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth (Project Gutenberg #976). (id tanglewood-tales-q4)

Portrait: Tanglewood.Tales.cover, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Public domain.

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