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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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There's nothing but what's bearable as long as a man can work.... The square o' four is sixteen, and you must lengthen your lever in proportion to your weight, is as true when a man's miserable as when he's happy and the best o' working is, it gives you a grip hold o' things outside your own lot.
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