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Quotation from The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
“is it justice to make evil and then punish for it? Magua was not himself; it was the fire-water that spoke and acted for him!”
The Last of the Mohicans, Chapter XI (Project Gutenberg #940)
Magua tells Cora why he hates her father, who had him flogged for coming drunk into the camp.
Citation: "is it justice to make evil and then punish for it? Magua was not himself; it was the fire-water that spoke and acted for him!" — James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, Chapter XI (Project Gutenberg #940). (id the-last-of-the-mohicans-q2)
Portrait: The Last of the Mohicans title page (1826), James Fenimore Cooper, Public domain.
