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May 07, 2019
one of boz's leanest novels, it is famous for the schoolroom scene which features the dialogue: 'Now what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!' " The novel's title appears to have influenced two ex-Beatles: ' She gives me hard times/ but when she loves me, she loves me ' ( Ringo ); and, ' Hard Times are over, Hard Times are over, Hard Times are over/ Over, for awhile. . .' (Johnand Yoko)" " ' But see here,' said Beckwith, never looking away, never raising his voice, never relaxing his face, never unclenching his hand, ' see what a dull wolf you have been, after all!' "