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“Everything in the sky and under the sky looked so pure and beautiful that the weariness and trouble and folly seemed only a small part of what is, and I became more patient and hopeful.”

George Eliot · Fictional character · Mirah Lapidoth

Source
Daniel Deronda
Date
1876
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Fictional character · Mirah Lapidoth
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A change in attention to the larger natural scene does not erase trouble, but it reduces its apparent totality and makes patience and hope possible again.

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Daniel Deronda; spoken by Mirah while describing an experience of the natural world. The record keeps her fictional voice and immediate emotional context visible.

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Fictional character · Mirah Lapidoth. Mirah says this while describing how the natural scene affected her mood.

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