SUPERNATURAL WARNING
Jacob Marley's ghost claims that it is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men and travel far and wide, implying a supernatural warning or lesson for Scrooge. This claim is presented as a fact by the ghost, suggesting a moral or metaphysical consequence for one's actions in life.
JACOB MARLEY
'It is required of every man,' the Ghost returned, 'that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide'