How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) Shmoop has numbered the chapters continuously, but the book renumbers them in each Part.
Quote #10
A constitution of iron and the vitality of the Wild were White Fang's inheritance, and he clung to life, the whole of him and every part of him, in spirit and in flesh, with the tenacity that of old belonged to all creatures. (25.29)
Sometimes, fighting death all your life lets you hold it off even in the worst circumstances. London also makes an observation about death, and the way that every creature in life is defined by fighting against it.