Passage of the Day: Charles Dickens “Bleak House”: A Sarcastic Poke at the Law

“Equity sends questions to law, law sends questions back to equity: law finds it can’t do this, equity finds it can’t do that: neither can so much as say it can’t do anything, without this solicitor instructing and this counsel appearing for A, and that solicitor instructing and that counsel appearing for B; and so through the whole alphabet, like the history of the apple pie. And thus through years and years, and lives and lives, everything goes on constantly beginning over and over again, and nothing ever ends. And we can’t get out of the suit on any terms, for we are made parties to it and must be parties to it whether we like it or not.”

“Bleak House”, Charles Dickens 1812-1870

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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