“ CHAPTER XLIX. Ever in his soul That larger justice which makes gratitude Triumphed above resentment. 'Tis the mark Of regal natures, with the wider life. ”
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda (1876). copy citation
Author | George Eliot |
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Source | Daniel Deronda |
Topic | gratitude justice |
Date | 1876 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7469/pg7469-images.html |
Context
“Lush is gone to get everything ready."
"Shall I have mamma to stay with me, then?" said Gwendolen, the new sudden possibility of peace and affection filling her mind like a burst of morning light.
"No; you will go with me."
CHAPTER XLIX. Ever in his soul That larger justice which makes gratitude Triumphed above resentment. 'Tis the mark Of regal natures, with the wider life. And fuller capability of joy:— Not wits exultant in the strongest lens To show you goodness vanished into pulp Never worth "thank you"—they're the devil's friars, Vowed to be poor as he in love and trust, Yet must go begging of a world that keeps Some human property.
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"Shall I have mamma to stay with me, then?" said Gwendolen, the new sudden possibility of peace and affection filling her mind like a burst of morning light.
"No; you will go with me."
CHAPTER XLIX. Ever in his soul That larger justice which makes gratitude Triumphed above resentment. 'Tis the mark Of regal natures, with the wider life. And fuller capability of joy:— Not wits exultant in the strongest lens To show you goodness vanished into pulp Never worth "thank you"—they're the devil's friars, Vowed to be poor as he in love and trust, Yet must go begging of a world that keeps Some human property.
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