The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He s…

Charles Dickens
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The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master.He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions or opinions, and is persuaded that he was born to supersede the necessity of their having any.If he were to make a discovery to the contrary, he would be simply stunned - would never recover himself, most likely, except to gasp and die. ✨ Charles Dickens (1853). Bleak House, p.59
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