"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

07 February 2019

Happy birthday, Dickens.


Charles Dickens was born on this day in 1812.

"You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me ... why?"
"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it."

Charles Dickens, from A Christmas Carol

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