“There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to...

“There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us [the Ghosts of Christmas], and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.”(Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol)