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The Mill on the Floss Quotes

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

Source:(Aladine Book, ed. 1860), Book VII. The Final Rescue, Chapter I, Page 518
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George Eliot (The Mill on the Floss Quotes)
  • Book: The Mill on the Floss
  • Writer: George Eliot
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Published: 1860
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