If you control the past you control the present.
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Explanation:
Dickens presents Bob Cratchit's family in stave 3 of A Christmas Carol as being poor but happy. Although the Cratchits have little or no money, they are still a loving, mutually supportive family. As Scrooge sees for himself, there's a lot of warmth in the Cratchit household, despite the absolute pittance he pays Bob.