It is required of every man, the ghost returned, that the spirit withi…

Charles Dickens
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It is required of every man, the ghost returned, that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. ✨ Charles Dickens (1858). A Christmas Carol, p.18
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