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Quotation by George Eliot
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Adam Bede (1859)Amos Barton Scenes of Clerical Life (1858)Bartle Massey, in Adam Bede (1859)Daniel Deronda (1876)Daniel Deronda (1874-1876)Related Subjects
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The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.
George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans] (1819–1880), British novelist. Moredecai, quoting a Hebrew sage, in Daniel Deronda, bk. 6, ch. 46 (1874-1876).
Real name: Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans.
Real name: Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans.
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