“Like certain plants which the poorest peasant may grow in the poorest…” — Charles Dickens

“Like certain plants which the poorest peasant may grow in the poorest soil, it can be cultivated by any one, and it is certain in its own good season to bring forth flowers and fruit.”

Describing attention as a faculty available to anyone willing to cultivate it · Speech, Birmingham and Midland Institute, 27 September 1869

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About Charles Dickens

7 February 1812–9 June 1870

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in a modest terraced house at 1 Mile End Terrace in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The second of eight children born to John and Elizabeth Dickens, his arrival came during a time of naval activity and modest aspirations in a bustling port town. His…

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