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Quotation from Hard Times by Charles Dickens
“NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.”
Hard Times, Book the First, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #786 text)
The novel opens in the schoolroom with Gradgrind's creed, spoken to the schoolmaster and a visiting government officer.
Citation: "NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life." — Charles Dickens, Hard Times, Book the First, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #786 text). (id hard-times-q1)
Portrait: Dickens Gurney head, Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain.
