"Bare, uncurtained bed... The cover was so carelessy adjusted... What would be his foremost thoughts? Avarice, hard dealing, griping cares? They have brought him to a rich end, truly!... With not a man, a women, or a child, to say that he was kind."
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Card 58
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"A kind of serious delight of which he felt ashamed, and which he struggled to repress... 'We are quite ruined?' 'No. There is hope yet... He is dead'... She was thankful in her soul to hear it.".."We may sleep tonight with light hearts."
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Card 59
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"His father loved him so, that it was no trouble - no trouble'... 'To see how green a place it is'... 'There were signs of some one having been there, lately"
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Card 60
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"My little, little child!'... 'He broke down all at once. He couldn't help it'... 'He had thought a little and composed himself, he kissed the little face'... 'I am sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim."
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Card 61
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"For he is the pleasantest-spoken gentleman you ever heard'... 'I'm sure he's a good soul."
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Card 62
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"Tell me what man that was whom we saw lying dead?'... 'The wretched man'... 'Overrun by grass and weeds, the growth of vegetation's death, not life'... 'A worthy place!"
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Card 63
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"Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?"
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Card 64
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"Am I that man who lay upon the bed?' he cried, upon his knees."
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Card 65
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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach"
