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" The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. "
Charles Dickens
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" Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! "
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" I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life... I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond. "
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" Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. "
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" Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. "
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" I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. "
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" There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. "
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" Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. "
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