"God has made us so that we must be mutually dependent. We may ignore out own dependence, or refuse to acknowledge that other depend upon us in more respects than the payment of weekly wager; but the thing must be, nevertheless. Neither you nor any other master can help yourselves. The most proudly independent man depends on those around him for their insendible influence on his character--his life."
-Margaret Hale to Mr. Thornton in Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South
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12 years ago
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I love this book. Have I mentioned that before? Way to go Elizabeth Gaskell for recognizing in the Victorian Era that humans are meant to live in community - a true human cannot exist on their own.
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