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THE BOYS' LIFE OF MARK TWAIN

He became a hater of tyranny, a champion of the weak. Watching a game of marbles or tops, he would remark to some offender, in his slow, drawling way, "You mustn't cheat that boy."

And the cheating stopped, or trouble followed.

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