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Quotation from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

“Then how doth one know there was poison given at all?”

Mark Twain (spoken by Tom Canty)

The Prince and the Pauper, Chapter XV (Project Gutenberg #1837)

Portrait of Mark Twain

Sitting as king, Tom questions the evidence against a man condemned to be boiled alive for poisoning a sick man in Islington.

Citation: "Then how doth one know there was poison given at all?" — Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, Chapter XV (Project Gutenberg #1837). (id the-prince-and-the-pauper-q4)

Virtues: Prudence, Justice

Portrait: The Prince and the pauper bookcover, Unknown, Public domain.

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