the law of the jungle

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the way in which only the strongest and cleverest people in a society stay alive or succeed I was brought up on the streets where the law of the jungle applies, so I soon learnt how to look after myself.

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" Father Wolf began angrily--"By the Law of the Jungle he has no right to change his quarters without due warning. The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context By the Law of the Jungle it is death to kill at the drinking-places when once the Water Truce has been declared. The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context More results

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