Being forced to work, and f... by Charles Kingsley, an English Clergyman

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“Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.”

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Name: Charles Kingsley

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: Jun 12, 1819

Date of Death: Jan 23, 1875

Profession: Clergyman

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