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Never Wonder

           Bodynumbertwo,saidtheymusttakeeverythingonpoliticaleconomy.Bodynumberthree,wroteleadenlittlebooksforthem,showinghowthegoodgrown-upbabyinvariablygottotheSavings-bank,andthebadgrown-upbabyinvariablygottransported.Bodynumberfour,underdrearypretencesofbeingdroll(whenitwasverymelancholyindeed),madetheshallowestpretencesofconcealingpitfallsofknowledge,intowhichitwasthedutyofthesebabiestobesmuggledandinveigled.But,allthebodiesagreedthattheywerenevertowonder.

           TherewasalibraryinCoketown,towhichgeneralaccesswaseasy.Mr.Gradgrindgreatlytormentedhismindaboutwhatthepeoplereadinthislibrary:apointwhereonlittleriversoftabularstatementsperiodicallyflowedintothehowlingoceanoftabularstatements,whichnodiverevergottoanydepthinandcameupsane.Itwasadishearteningcircumstance,butamelancholyfact,thateventhesereaderspersistedinwondering.Theywonderedabouthumannature,humanpassions,humanhopesandfears,thestruggles,triumphsanddefeats,thecaresandjoysandsorrows,thelivesanddeathsofcommonmenandwomen!Theysometimes,afterfifteenhours’work,satdowntoreadmerefablesaboutmenandwomen,moreorlesslikethemselves,andaboutchildren,moreorlessliketheirown.TheytookDeFoetotheirbosoms,insteadofEuclid,andseemedtobeonthewholemorecomfortedbyGoldsmiththanbyCocker.Mr.

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