So, Mr. Chadband--of whom the persecutors say that it is no wonder he should go on for any length of time uttering such abominable nonsense, but that the wonder rather is that he should ever leave off, having once the audacity to begin--retires into private life  until he invests a little capital of supper in the oil-trade.
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Bleak House by 
Charles Dickens
"I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny  to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies."
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Bleak House by 
Charles Dickens
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