It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one…

Mark Twain
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It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.389, Courier Corporation
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It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.389, Courier Corporation

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