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Hard Times: "Now, What I Want Is, Facts"
"Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.
From Hard Times by Charles Dickens (1854) · Hard Times. For These Times, Charles Dickens (1854)
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