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Charles Dickens'
Advice to his son
OCTOBER 15TH 1868
CHARLES DICKENS
WH
HATEVER you do keep out of debt and confide in me.
If you ever find yourself on the verge of any per-
plexity or difficulty, come to me. You will never find me
hard while you are manly and truthful.
As your brothers have gone away, one by one, I have
written to each of them what I am now going to write to
you. You know that you have never been hampered with
religious forms of restraint, and that with mere unmeaning
forms I have no sympathy. But I most strongly and
affectionately impress upon you the priceless value of the
New Testament, and the study of that book as the one
unfailing guide in life. Deeply réspecting it, and bowing
down before the character of our Saviour, as separated
from the vain constructions and inventions of men, you
cannot go very far wrong, and will always preserve at heart
a true spirit of veneration and humility. Similarly I impress
upon you the habit of saying a Christian Prayer every night
and morning.
These things have stood by me all through my life, and
remember that I tried to render the New Testament intel-
ligible to you, and lovable by you when you were a mere
baby - and so God bless you.
Ever your affectionate Father,
CHARLES DICKENS.
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