And so it came that White Fang learned that the right to punish was something the gods reserved for themselves and denied to the lesser creatures under them.
Jack LondonAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 12, 1876
- Died: November 22, 1916
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