“There are so many of us, and our lots are so different, what wonder that Nature's mood is often in harsh contrast with the great crisis of our lives? We are children of a large family, and must learn, as such children do, not to expect that our hurts will be made much of — to be content with little nurture and caressing, and help each other the more.”

—  George Eliot , book Adam Bede

Adam Bede (1859)

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English novelist, journalist and translator 1819–1880

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