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 1   2|      to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be. ~Not a
 2   2|     and pointed to his younger self, intent upon his reading.
 3   2|         in pity for his former self, "Poor boy!'' and cried
 4   2| Christmas!'' ~Scrooge's former self grew larger at the words,
 5   2|      Dick!'' ~Scrooge's former self, now grown a young man,
 6   2|     scene, and with his former self. He corroborated everything,
 7   2|     bright faces of his former self and Dick were turned from
 8   2|        former, not his latter, self. "It isn't that, Spirit.
 9   2|      That's all.'' ~His former self turned down the lamps as
10   4|      the conduct of his future self would give him the clue