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Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! A message from the dead - from human souls we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away. And yet these, in those little sheets of paper, speak to us, arouse us, terrify us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers.
— Charles Kingsley
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A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.
— Charles Kingsley
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Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
— Charles Kingsley
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Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
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It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.
— Charles Kingsley
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The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.
— Charles Kingsley
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