“ Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. ”
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda (1876). copy citation
Author | George Eliot |
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Source | Daniel Deronda |
Topic | wealth life |
Date | 1876 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7469/pg7469-images.html |
Context
“But they make the thing, whatever it may be, seem worthy to be done. I can bear to think my own music not good for much, but the world would be more dismal if I thought music itself not good for much. Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world."
"But then, if we can't imitate it, it only makes our own life seem the tamer," said Gwendolen, in a mood to resent encouragement founded on her own insignificance.
"That depends on the point of view, I think,"”
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