I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man …

Charles Dickens
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I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude. ✨ Charles Dickens (2012). Great Expectations Thrift Study Edition, p.38, Courier Corporation
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I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude. ✨ Charles Dickens (2012). Great Expectations Thrift Study Edition, p.38, Courier Corporation

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