“ Men talk of Nature as an abstract thing, and lose sight of what is natural while they do so. ”
Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby (1839). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
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| Source | Nicholas Nickleby |
| Topic | sight |
| Date | 1839 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/967/967-h/967-h.htm |
Context
“‘My dear sir,’ replied brother Charles, ‘you fall into the very common mistake of charging upon Nature, matters with which she has not the smallest connection, and for which she is in no way responsible. Men talk of Nature as an abstract thing, and lose sight of what is natural while they do so. Here is a poor lad who has never felt a parent’s care, who has scarcely known anything all his life but suffering and sorrow, presented to a man who he is told is his father, and whose first act is to signify his intention of putting an end to his short term of happiness, of consigning him to his old fate, and taking him from the only friend he has ever had—which is yourself.”
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