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It is a reference to the closing lines of Middlemarch: "But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the
by wbamberg 3y ago
It is a reference to the closing lines of Middlemarch:
"But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
- earthboundkid 3y agoDon’t ruin perfectly good philistinism with your tedious facts. Whoever this Mr Eliot is, we have more important things to do, like fighting about Vim vs Emacs.