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“I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.”

Rainn Wilson

handout=something given free to a needy person or organization

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Dickens was interested in the paranormal. He was a member of The Ghost Club.

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Dickens wrote most  of his fictional tales about abused, neglected, parentless children.

In 1848 an estimated 30,000 homeless, filthy children lived on the streets of London.

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“Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.”

Frank A. Clark

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The Gruesome Truth

It was not unusual for children of 6 or 7 to have full-time jobs. Many youngsters outside London worked hauling coal that fueled the Industrial Revolution

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Charles Dickens, at 12 years old, sat in a rat-infested London warehouse pasting labels on jars of black boot polish.

He walked five miles to get to work and worked 10 hours a day.

Saw his family only on Sundays, when he visited London’s Marshalsea prison, where his father has been jailed for owing too much money.

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The Gruesome Truth

In 1839, nearly half of the funerals in London were held for children under the age of 10. Many died from contagious disease and malnutrition.