There are certain animals

There are certain animals to which tenacity of position is a law of life-- they can never flourish again after a single wrench: and there are certain human beings to whom predominance is a law of life-- they can only sustain humiliation so long as they can refuse to believe in it, and, in their own conception, predominate still.

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Published by the George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, 2025. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

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Ainooson, Olivia