# Household words, no. 306, February 2, 1856

Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75344

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Household+words%2C+no.+306%2C+February+2%2C+1856+Dickens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

If I have a mission upon this earth, (apart from the patent and notable one of being a frightful example to the rising generation of blighted existence and misused energies)--that mission is, I believe, beef. I am a Cœlebs, not in search of a wife, as in Mrs. Hannah More’s white-neck-clothed novel, but in search of beef. I have travelled far and wide to find it--good, tender, nourishing, juicy, succulent; and when I die, I hope that it will be inscribed on my tombstone: “Here lies one who sought for beef. Tread lightly on his grave: quia multum amavit.”

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-306-february-2-1856-75344/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-306-february-2-1856-75344/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-306-february-2-1856-75344/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-306-february-2-1856-75344/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-306-february-2-1856-75344/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/household-words-no-306-february-2-1856-75344/chapters/6/index.md)