Ebenezer Do you want to see a doctor? : Your nephew. "Are there no workhouses?" The bell struck Twelve. The men tell him that some of the poor would rather die. : "And the Union workhouses?" demanded Scrooge. But Ignorance keeps you from ever improving your situation. Population would always expand to the limit of subsistence . Fan Scrooge Are there no workhouses?' authored a series of now-notorious works, including an Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798, that argued that catastrophic poverty and starvation were a necessary, irrefutable result of the fact that population grown would always outpace food supply. Scrooge Quotes An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Ebenezer : : Spirit of Christmas Past A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, pages 11-12 Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Are there no prisons? said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. and help keep the future of New Times, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. : An elderly man named Kris Kringle (Gwenn), working as Santa Claus at Macy's in New York City, insists that he is the real deal. A Christmas Carol Full Text - Stave One - Owl Eyes Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Edmund Gwenn, Miracle on 34th Street starred John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, and nine-year-old Natalie Wood as Susan. Ebenezer : Yes, and put their hands into my pockets as it were, sir. But to the larger points of the article, Im in 100% agreement with the idea that items that are clearly weapons have no-place at protests whether its right-wingers, left-wingers, a-political groups, whatever Its too often a emotionally-charged atmosphere with strong conflicts of opinion, and tempers can too easily flare-up and lead-to violence, and weapons (especially firearms) can easily magnify/elevate the situation from a physically-harmless screaming match to a deadly shooting episode. : They put their hearts into Christmas as it were, sir. You do not know the weight and length of strong chain you bear yourself! , An important symbol in A Christmas Carol appears in Stave 1, where Marley is weighed down by a massive chain, and tells Scrooge he has an even longer chain: it was as long as Marleys seven years ago, and he has laboured on it since This chain, made up of cash-boxes, padlocks , purses and business documents, , Associated with this concept were the ideas of Rev.