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The greatest writer of his age is gone, and the sudden blow has smitten the great heart of humanity. There is no part of the civilized world where the name of Charles
Dickens is unknown, where his genial and elevating writings are not valued. He have been translated into many languages, and the characters which he created
and the adventures in which he placed them have passed into the current literature of the world. Every reader mourns for him — the lowliest as well as the highest
participate in one common sorrow. Life has been better and brighter for what he has done. He was the champion of the oppressed, he was the censor of the selfish rich. In a single one of his tales was matter far m.ore serious and convincing than could be found in a pyramid of lengthy homilies, in which Christian charity was istinguished by its absence. Even when he amused, he taught. No vile thoughts, no prurient suggestions, no foul words are to be found in the writings of Charles Dickens.
The greatest writer of his age is gone, and the sudden blow has smitten the great heart of humanity. There is no part of the civilized world where the name of Charles
Dickens is unknown, where his genial and elevating writings are not valued. He have been translated into many languages, and the characters which he created
and the adventures in which he placed them have passed into the current literature of the world. Every reader mourns for him — the lowliest as well as the highest
participate in one common sorrow. Life has been better and brighter for what he has done. He was the champion of the oppressed, he was the censor of the selfish rich. In a single one of his tales was matter far m.ore serious and convincing than could be found in a pyramid of lengthy homilies, in which Christian charity was istinguished by its absence. Even when he amused, he taught. No vile thoughts, no prurient suggestions, no foul words are to be found in the writings of Charles Dickens.
