Section 64. TENDER, TRUSTY, AND TRUE. IV.
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“There,” I said, when I had seen that, “I know what David never did do: he (S. 5, N. 2) never struck a boy that[1] was no match for him; he never was a coward like that big boy; for he[2] is a coward to[3] strike a small boy so; and those[4] others are not the boys (S. 16, N. 10) they ought[5] to be, to[6] stand by and see it done.” I saw such[7] a thing in a picture once, which was called the Wolf and the Lamb. A great, cruel boy[8] meets a small, delicate lad[9] who has lost his father, and stands over him with[10] his fist doubled, just as I saw that boy stand under my study window. I think[11] if[12] any[13] boy in this church were[14] to see that picture, he would instantly say[15]: “What a shame to use[16] a boy so who is not your match!”