Joe," said I, "I should like to know-if you wouldn't much mind-where the firing comes from." ... People are put in the Hulks because they murder, and because they rob, and forge, and do all sorts of bad; and they always begin by asking questions. ... There was a room at the after end of each ward, called the guards" galley, in which fires were kept burning until 9 o"clock in the evening. ...

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When you think of Charles Dickens you immediately think of A Christmas Carol. However he was more than that, and actually lived a bad childhood. He overcame his past and ended up writing many great books. One of Charles Dickens" best friends after watching him work said, "It was interesting to watch...

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