I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
— Charles Dickens Modern

Victorian novelist

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Letter to a young man

Date / Period

1869

Category

Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1000/1000-h/1000-h.htm

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