“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it… — Charles Dickens
“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies!”
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