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Burt L. Standish

Frank Merriwell's Setback; Or, True Pluck Welcomes Defeat

Published by Good Press, 2021

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FRANK MERRIWELL’S SETBACK.

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CHAPTER I.

THE GIANT OF THE WHEEL.

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In its various forms it was an old trick, and it ought not to have worked on Starbright, who had come from the famous preparatory college at Andover. But by some chance, Dick had never heard of it, and the sophomores, discovering this, prepared to “work” him with it.

It was a principle with the lordly sophomores to annoy freshmen, and the towering young giant, who had already made himself so famous at Yale, suffered as much at their hands as less noted mortals.

There is a streak in human nature which causes those who have been “through the mill” to want to put others through. This spirit accounts for “hazing,” in all its forms.

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