At 10:44 AM 97.2.24 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Takashi Suzuki, > >Is that a quote from _Tom Sawyer_? If so, which chapter? I don't >understand exactly what you are looking for. > >Good luck, >larry marshburne I am sorry that I could not express the point clearly. Yes, it is a quote from _ Tom Sawyer_; "He had discovered a great law of human action, . . . that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain" (Ch.2).' The law is also mentioned in his other works. I would like to know if there are some essays that focus on Twain's thought of the 'law of human action just for reference. Takashi SUZUKI [log in to unmask]