Lewis Carroll

"When, as a child, I first opened my eyes on a Sunday-morning, a feeling of dismal anicipation, which began at least on the Friday,culminated. I knew what was before me, and my wish, if not my word, was "Would God it were evening!" It was no day of rest, but a day of texts, of catechisms (Watts'), of tracts about converted swearers, godly charwomen, and edifying deaths of sinners saved.... There was but one rosy spot, in the distance, all that day: and that was "bed-time," which never could come too early!"

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Source: Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, Cosimo, Inc.

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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

Author, Mathematician

Lewis Carroll was an English writer and mathematician, best known for his imaginative works like 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' which explore themes of identity and reality.

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