You have been so careful of me that I never had a child's heart. You have trained me so well that I never dreamed a child's dream. You have dealt so wisely with me, Father ,from my cradle to this hour, that I never had a child's belief or a child's fear. Mr. Gradgrind was quite moved by his success, and by this testimony to it. My dear Louisa, said he, you abundantly repay my care. Kiss me, my dear girl. ✨ Charles Dickens Hard Times, W. W. Norton & Company
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