“ the man in all this world most proud of his distrust of other men, and having most to show in gold and silver as the gains belonging to his creed ”
Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit (1844). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
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| Source | Martin Chuzzlewit |
| Topic | distrust gold |
| Date | 1844 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/968/968-h/968-h.htm |
Context
“his heart, so deep, and true, and full of honour, and yet with so much room for every gentle and unselfish thought; not a word.
Tom, Tom! The man in all this world most confident in his sagacity and shrewdness; the man in all this world most proud of his distrust of other men, and having most to show in gold and silver as the gains belonging to his creed; the meekest favourer of that wise doctrine, Every man for himself, and God for us all (there being high wisdom in the thought that the Eternal Majesty of Heaven ever was, or can be, on the side of selfish lust and love!)”
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