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Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2)

CHAPTER XIII
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Ah! the easiest way is the best; and to hate, a man must work hard.

Love is a delight; but hate a torment.

And haters are thumbscrews, Scotch boots, and Spanish inquisitions to themselves.

In five words--would they were a Siamese diphthong--he who hates is a fool.
For several days our Chamois was followed by two of these aforesaid Tiger Sharks.

A brace of confidential inseparables, jogging along in our wake, side by side, like a couple of highwaymen, biding their time till you come to the cross-roads.


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