I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to incre…

Charles Dickens
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I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness. ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.14051, Delphi Classics
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I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness. ✨ Charles Dickens (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated), p.14051, Delphi Classics

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