“What is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at t…”

“What is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather! What is the odds so long as the spirit is expanded by means of rosy wine, and the present moment is the least happiest of our existence!”

— Charles Dickens

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Ch. 2

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Dickens, Charles. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Charles Dickens. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

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