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Quotation from The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson

“a life is a life, old shrew, and it is more than ships or liquor.”

Robert Louis Stevenson (spoken by Dick Shelton)

The Black Arrow, Book V, Chapter IV (Project Gutenberg #848)

Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson

Dick begs forgiveness of Arblaster, whose ship he stole and whose life he has just bought back.

Citation: "a life is a life, old shrew, and it is more than ships or liquor." — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow, Book V, Chapter IV (Project Gutenberg #848). (id the-black-arrow-q6)

Virtues: Charity, Justice

Portrait: Blackarrowcover, Cassel 1888., Public domain.

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