“mankind is our business, that the common welfare is our business, and that charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence are all our business” … I’m trying, despite being vermin and scum per the incoming.
This story endures for a reason - it appeals to our morality which we all share. Regardless of religion! Mankind is our business. A more powerful belief. Good will to all men.
Jacob Marley is one of my favourite fictional characters
Not many would come back from years of walking the world as a spirit, himself haunted by the sins of his life, to tell his really crappy friend to pull his head out of his backside in time to save his own soul
There's a play called "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol". I have a digital version of a one-man radio show of it, but I've never been able to find it available on line. Marley is offered a chance to escape hell if he can save Scrooge.
[BTW, I'm a MacArthur.]
That's what gets me about Marley -- he wasn't sent back to warn Scrooge; he was *allowed* to go back to warn him, at some vaguely-indicated cost to Marley himself
Tom, you are a wonderful writer. I just read the A Christmas Carol essay in The Atlantic. What a lovely summation. Thank you. Merry, merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
“Each of us, every day and in our own small way, can resolve right now that mankind is our business, that the common welfare is our business, and that charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence are all our business. . .no matter whom we voted for.”
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And may it come to pass in the days ahead, Peace on Earth, good will toward all. 🙏
Jacob Marley is one of my favourite fictional characters
Not many would come back from years of walking the world as a spirit, himself haunted by the sins of his life, to tell his really crappy friend to pull his head out of his backside in time to save his own soul
And he did try to warn Scrooge on his death bed, but couldn’t explain.
“save yourself”
Would it even make a difference?
[BTW, I'm a MacArthur.]
MAGA should probably ban Charles Dickens, just to be safe. 🤷♂️
Excellent article.
Merry Christmas 🎄 to you
Also, this is my favorite version of ACC, too.
Merry Christmas.