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Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe (spoken by Augustine St. Clare)

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #203)

Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe

St. Clare explains to Ophelia why he refused ever to begin whipping: cruelty hardens owner and servant alike.

Citation: "Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline." — Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Chapter XX (Project Gutenberg #203). (id uncle-toms-cabin-q3)

Portrait: Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Public domain.

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