 I owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I had given up all ambition whatever, lived from hand to mouth, and thought the evil of each day sufficient.  The British Quarterly Review - Page 328edited by - 1885Full view - About this book
 | George Eliot - 1864 - 300 pages
...gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of life. The stimulus of his intellect, especially during our long walks, roused my energy once more and renewed my dormant love of science. I owe Spencer another and deeper debt. It was through him that... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 364 pages
...gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I have given up all ambition whatever, lived from hand to...and revived my dormant love of science. His intense theorizing tendency was contagious, and it was only the stimulus Summary of Chapter VIII. [RICHMOND,... | |
 | John M. Robertson - 1891 - 275 pages
...1859 : — " I owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I had given up all...mouth, and thought the evil of each day sufficient." [On this compare Lord Acton's citation of Varnhagen von Ense, in his article on George Eliot, Nineteenth... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1891 - 322 pages
...owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wa*ted period of my life. I had given up all ambition whatever,...mouth, and thought the evil of each day sufficient. [On this compare Lord Acton's citation of Varnhagen von Ense, in his article on George Eliot, Nineteenth... | |
 | 1900 - 742 pages
...philosophical. I owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I had given up all...love of science. His intense theorising tendency was contagions, and it was only the stimulus of a theory which could then have induced me 1 Herbert Spencer... | |
 | Hector Macpherson - 1900 - 264 pages
...philosophical. I owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I had given up all...and revived my dormant love of science. His intense theorizing tendency was contagious, and it was only the stimulus of a theory which could then have... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1904 - 758 pages
...philosophical. I owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I had given up all...and revived my dormant love of science. His intense theorizing tendency was contagious, and it was only the stimulus of a theory which could then have... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1904 - 756 pages
...philosophical. I owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I had given up all...whatever, lived from hand to mouth, and thought the evil HERBERT SPENCER Herbert Spencer will set himself to see right done, even in the most trivial of cases.... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 760 pages
...philosophical. I owe him a debt of gratitude. My acquaintance with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of my life. I had given up all ambition whatever, lived from hand to nrouth, and thought the evil Herbert Spencer will set himself to see right done, even in the most trivial... | |
 | George Eliot - 1911 - 298 pages
...gratitude. My acquaintancc with him was the brightest ray in a very dreary, wasted period of life. The stimulus of his intellect, especially during our long walks, roused my energy once more and renewed my dormant love of science. I owe Spencer another and deeper debt. It was through him that... | |
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