So i have a very important question with the normal rules: No cussin, nothing inappropriate(bc i will report) and i you answer nicely ill mark you brainliest! Worth 45 points ! PLS HURRY! so here's the question, Who said this quote and to whom was it said? Also explain the meaning of this quote

“If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other will find him here. . . we will find him here. What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

After Scrooge asks the Ghost of Christmas Present what the future holds for Tiny Tim, the Spirit’s answer makes clear that Tiny Tim, without help, will soon die. The Ghost, for emphasis, uses one of Scrooge’s earlier quotes about what poor people should do, a statement which now makes Scrooge ashamed. Scrooge, like many readers, identifies with one individual more easily than with a group. Tiny Tim serves to create that connection for the reader, too.

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this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.