Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities,
which opens with:
“It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of
foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch
of incredulity,
it was the season of Light, it was the season
of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter
of despair …,
we had nothing before us, we were all going
direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way …”
(Para.1, Line,
1)
