“ Nature has taken care that he shall never go far astray with perfect comfort and satisfaction to himself ”
George Eliot, Adam Bede (1859). copy citation
Author | George Eliot |
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Source | Adam Bede |
Topic | satisfaction comfort |
Date | 1859 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/507/507-h/507-h.htm |
Context
“But we have no fair ground for entertaining unfavourable auguries concerning Arthur Donnithorne, who this morning proves himself capable of a prudent resolution founded on conscience. One thing is clear: Nature has taken care that he shall never go far astray with perfect comfort and satisfaction to himself; he will never get beyond that border-land of sin, where he will be perpetually harassed by assaults from the other side of the boundary. He will never be a courtier of Vice, and wear her orders in his button-hole.”
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