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There was love between him and the child that blent them into one, and there was love between the child and the world.
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“There was love between him and the child that blent them into one, and there was love between the child and the world.”

George Eliot

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Silas Marner
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1861
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Affection between caregiver and child becomes a bridge rather than a closed bond: loving the child also draws Silas outward toward the wider world she naturally engages.

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Silas Marner; the narration emphasizes that Eppie’s attachment joins Silas not only to her but also to the social world from which he had retreated.

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Narrator commentary in Silas Marner.

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CommunityCompassionFamilyFriendshipHealingHelping OthersHumanityLoveRelationshipServiceTrustChildren
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Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
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