Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Fact…

Charles Dickens
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Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. ✨ Charles Dickens (1858). Hard Times, p.205
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