He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune. ✨ Charles Dickens (2009). The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books, p.31, Cosimo, Inc.
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