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Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.
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“Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.”

E. M. Forster

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Howards End
Date
1910
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Meaning of “Only connect! That was the whole of her…”

Forster summarizes Margaret’s ideal of bringing separated parts of life into relationship, especially practical intellect and emotional connection.

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Howards End, Chapter XXII, Project Gutenberg #2946. The narrator summarizes Margaret’s hope of reconciling “the prose and the passion” in Henry with “Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.” The sentence belongs to the novel’s thematic and character context rather than serving as a complete formula for every relationship.

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