Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.
Atticus Finch (Harper Lee)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 9 (1960); Complete sentence attributed to Atticus in chapter 9, reproduced in Wiley’s published teaching-material excerpt, printed p.81. Corroborated against the novel dialogue reproduced in Wisconsin Odyssey’s October 18, 2006 Oracle (indexed text; original link now40
- To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 9 (1960)
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