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And he grew and grew strong as a boy must grow who does not know that he is learning any lessons, and who has nothing in the world to think of except things to eat" (23).
And he grew and grew strong as a boy must grow who does not know that he is learning any lessons, and who has nothing in the world to think of except things to eat" (23).
Approximate author period: c. 1900 AD · modern
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- Rudyard Kipling
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- Approximate author period: c. 1900 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1865 to 1936; Wikidata Q34743, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34743 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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