He might have hurt me a little,' Atticus conceded, 'but SN, you'll understand folks a little better when you're older. A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he WS still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know - doesn't say much for them, does it?'' I'll say OT,' said Jem.' So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses, didn't it?' said Atticus. 'That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. HMP, maybe we need a police force of children.

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