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DadReads: Mister Dog by Margaret Wise Brown

The moral of this story is clear: your life is your own, and don’t let anyone else rule it. Mister Dog belongs to himself. The boy belongs to himself. They both act on free will. DadReads: Mister Dog by Margaret Wise Brown

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Quite a sobriquet

“True, true; it can’t be gainsaid!” observed a brisk young man—Mark Clark by name, a genial and pleasant gentleman, whom to meet anywhere in your travels was to know, to know was to drink with, and to drink with was, unfortunately, to pay for.” Excerpt From Far from

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Now that’s too much

“No, no, now—that’s too much!” said the timid man, becoming a man of brazen courage all of a sudden. “I didn’t say sir. I’ll take my oath I didn’t say ‘Joseph Poorgrass o’ Weatherbury, sir.’ No, no; what’s right is right, and I never

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Marley’s Bowels of Compassion (or Lack Thereof)

This is a reference to 1 John 3:17 - “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” (KJV) In other words, those who are rich in this

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We Stan Agatha

Alongside Assur, Salem’s role also included managing all the archaeological sites in the Shirqat area, which numbered 274. “In total, we have four archaeologists and nine security guards,” he told me. “Every guard has to look after ten to twelve sites, and the other locations have nothing.” He shrugged

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In Which Scrooge Plays a Prank, And Everyone Lives Happily Ever After

Bob trembled, and got a little nearer to the ruler. He had a momentary idea of knocking Scrooge down with it, holding him, and calling to the people in the court for help and a strait-waistcoat. — Read on adickensdecember.substack.com/p/in-which-scrooge-plays-a-prank-and

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In Which Scrooge Celebrates Christmas - by warrioreowyn

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In Which the Dead Are Identified - by warrioreowyn

For the first time the hand appeared to shake. "Good Spirit," he pursued, as down upon the ground he fell before it: "your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me by an altered life?

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In Which the Dead Are Mourned - by warrioreowyn

"Knew what, my dear?" "Why, that you were a good wife," replied Bob. — Read on adickensdecember.substack.com/p/in-which-the-dead-are-mourned

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In Which the Dead Are Profitable - by warrioreowyn

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In Which Scrooge Meets the Third Spirit, and the Dead Are Not Mourned

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In Which the Second Spirit Departs - by warrioreowyn

— Read on adickensdecember.substack.com/p/in-which-the-second-spirit-departs