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... human : the value is that of selflessness ; there is a conversion of ethic , not of belief . George Eliot's emphasis is on the human agents , on Thomas himself , but also on the conveying human agent , whose hand ' made the marginal ...
... human : the value is that of selflessness ; there is a conversion of ethic , not of belief . George Eliot's emphasis is on the human agents , on Thomas himself , but also on the conveying human agent , whose hand ' made the marginal ...
Page 67
... human victims , but George Eliot's own freedom and isolation , and Lewes's already wrecked relationship with his unfaithful wife ; in Maggie's case there are two human beings , Lucy and Philip , out of whose painful deprivation would be ...
... human victims , but George Eliot's own freedom and isolation , and Lewes's already wrecked relationship with his unfaithful wife ; in Maggie's case there are two human beings , Lucy and Philip , out of whose painful deprivation would be ...
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... human soul is like one who has been deposited sleeping among the ruins of a vast city , and wakes up in dreary amazement , not knowing whether it is the growing or the dying day - not knowing why and whence came this illimitable scene ...
... human soul is like one who has been deposited sleeping among the ruins of a vast city , and wakes up in dreary amazement , not knowing whether it is the growing or the dying day - not knowing why and whence came this illimitable scene ...
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