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I enjoyed his disquisition on religion in the preface in its way, as an insight into Victorian attitudes. The part about learning bible verses tied into a lot of children's lit from or based in the 19th century, from Tom Sawyer to Laura Ingalls Wilder.
There seemed a paradox to me, though; he spoke of teaching children a religion of love, but that seemed somewhat at odds with his doomsday scenarios death coming unexpectedly.
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