It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answe…

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It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. ✨ Charles Dickens (1839). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, p.347
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It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. ✨ Charles Dickens (1839). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, p.347

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