“ Among men who have any sound and sterling qualities, there is nothing so contagious as pure openness of heart. ”
Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby (1839). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Source | Nicholas Nickleby |
| Topic | openness quality |
| Date | 1839 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/967/967-h/967-h.htm |
Context
“No impertinent curiosity—no, no, no.’
There was something so earnest and guileless in the way in which all this was said, and such a complete disregard of all conventional restraints and coldnesses, that Nicholas could not resist it. Among men who have any sound and sterling qualities, there is nothing so contagious as pure openness of heart. Nicholas took the infection instantly, and ran over the main points of his little history without reserve: merely suppressing names, and touching as lightly as possible upon his uncle’s treatment of Kate.”
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