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Quotation from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

“Let him go--I will take his lashes.”

Mark Twain (spoken by Miles Hendon)

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

Portrait of Mark Twain

When the boy king is ordered whipped for defending him in the stocks, Hendon offers his own back instead.

Citation: "Let him go--I will take his lashes." — Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, Chapter XXVIII (Project Gutenberg #1837). (id the-prince-and-the-pauper-q7)

Virtues: Fortitude, Friendship

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

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