In order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876, ch. 2.

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Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, edited by Peter Stoneley. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 2.

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A quote by Mark Twain about cultivating desire: “In order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to…”

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