“ For the evil will of man makes not a people's good except by stirring the righteous will of man ”
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda (1876). copy citation
| Author | George Eliot |
|---|---|
| Source | Daniel Deronda |
| Topic | evil good |
| Date | 1876 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7469/pg7469-images.html |
Context
“And if it seems that the erring and unloving wills of men have helped to prepare you, as Moses was prepared, to serve your people the better, that depends on another order than the law which must guide our footsteps. For the evil will of man makes not a people's good except by stirring the righteous will of man; and beneath all the clouds with which our thought encompasses the Eternal, this is clear—that a people can be blessed only by having counsellors and a multitude whose will moves in obedience to the laws of justice and love.”
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