“He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.”

Source: The Call of the Wild (1903)

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American author, journalist, and social activist 1876–1916

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