In the moonlight which is always sad, as the light of the sun itself i…

Charles Dickens
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In the moonlight which is always sad, as the light of the sun itself is--as the light called human life is--at its coming and its going. ✨ Charles Dickens (2015). British Classics: A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated), p.158, The Planet
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