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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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I easily sink into mere absorption of what other minds have done, and should like a whole life for that alone.
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O may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again in minds made better by their presence live in pulses stirred to generosity, in deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn for miserable aims that end with self, in thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, and with their mild persistence urge men's search to vaster issues.
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There is no short-cut no patent tram-road, to wisdom. After all the centuries of invention, the soul's path lies through the thorny wilderness which must still be trodden in solitude, with bleeding feet, with sobs for help, as it was trodden by them of old time.
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It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you.
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