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Our growing thought Makes growing revelation.
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.
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I found it better for my soul to be humble before the mysteries o' God's dealings, and not be making a clatter about what I could never understand.
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