Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London


And when Tim Hagan, with straight left for the hundredth time to
bleeding nose and mangled mouth, and with ever reiterant right hook to
stomach, had him dazed and reeling, the breath whistling and sobbing
through his lacerated lips--was no time for succor from palaces and
bank accounts. On his two legs, with his two fists, it was either he
or Tim. And it was right there, in sweat and blood and iron of soul,
that Young Dick learned how not to lose a losing fight. It had been
uphill from the first blow, but he stuck it out until in the end it
was agreed that neither could best the other, although this agreement
was not reached until they had first lain on the ground in nausea and
exhaustion and with streaming eyes wept their rage and defiance at
each other. After that, they became chums and between them ruled the
schoolyard.

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