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Quotation from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving
“It is, indeed, the season of regenerated feeling--the season for kindling not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall, but the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Christmas (Project Gutenberg #2048 (revised edition))
In the opening Christmas sketch Crayon praises the holiday's power to warm human affections.
Citation: "It is, indeed, the season of regenerated feeling--the season for kindling not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall, but the genial flame of charity in the heart." — Washington Irving, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Christmas (Project Gutenberg #2048 (revised edition)). (id the-sketch-book-q6)
Virtues: Charity
Portrait: TheSketchbookTitlePage, Washington Irving, Public domain.
