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In his A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens paints a picture of extreme contrasts: the best and worst of times, wisdom and foolishness, belief and incredulity, light and darkness, hope and despair, and abundance and paucity. Does this sound familiar?

Kevin Daly | 01 February 2012

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