I wear the chain I forged in life....I made it link by link, and yard …

Charles Dickens
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I wear the chain I forged in life....I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. ✨ 1843 A Christmas Carol, stave 1.
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