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“Never take a mean advantage of anyone in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power.”

Giving concise ethical advice about fairness and the use of power · Letter to Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, 1868

About Charles Dickens

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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