“ Why do you expect me, being in darkness, to be better than men who have their sight—why should you? ”
Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge (1841). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Source | Barnaby Rudge |
| Topic | darkness sight |
| Date | 1841 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/917/917-h/917-h.htm |
Context
“Keep to that point, or let me return to my young friend, for I have an interest in the lad, and desire to put him in the way of making his fortune. Bah! you needn’t speak,’ he added hastily; ‘I know what you would say: you have hinted at it once already. Have I no feeling for you, because I am blind? No, I have not. Why do you expect me, being in darkness, to be better than men who have their sight—why should you? Is the hand of Heaven more manifest in my having no eyes, than in your having two? It’s the cant of you folks to be horrified if a blind man robs, or lies, or steals; oh yes, it’s far worse in him, who can barely live on the few halfpence that are thrown to him in streets, than in you, who can see, and work, and are not dependent on the mercies of the world.”
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