GE Journal, London, 1 January 1874
Title
GE Journal, London, 1 January 1874
Title
GE Journal, London, 1 January 1874
Sender
Ge Journal
Recipient
U
Date(s)
- 1874-01-01
Place
London
Letter Content
GE Journal, London, 1 January 1874
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 221-222.
January 1.
The happy old year in which we have had constant enjoyment of life notwithstanding much bodily malaise, is gone from us for ever. More than in any former year of my life, love has been poured forth to me from distant hearts, and in our own home we have had that finish to domestic comfort which only faithful, kind servants can give. Our children are prosperous and happy, Charles evidently growing in mental efficiency; we have abundant wealth for more than our actual needs; and our unspeakable joy in each other has no other alloy than the sense that it must one day end in parting. My dear husband has a store of present and prospective good in the long work which is likely to stretch through the remaining years of his intellectual activity, and there have not been wanting signs that what he has already published is being appreciated rightly by capable persons. He is thinner than ever and is only just getting the better of much dyspeptic discomfort that has beset him since the beginning of November, but still he shows wonderful elasticity and nervous energy.
I have been for a month rendered almost helpless for intellectual work by constant headache and nausea, but am getting a little more freedom. Nothing is wanting to my blessings but the uninterrupted power of work. For as to all my unchangeable imperfections I have resigned myself.
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 221-222.
January 1.
The happy old year in which we have had constant enjoyment of life notwithstanding much bodily malaise, is gone from us for ever. More than in any former year of my life, love has been poured forth to me from distant hearts, and in our own home we have had that finish to domestic comfort which only faithful, kind servants can give. Our children are prosperous and happy, Charles evidently growing in mental efficiency; we have abundant wealth for more than our actual needs; and our unspeakable joy in each other has no other alloy than the sense that it must one day end in parting. My dear husband has a store of present and prospective good in the long work which is likely to stretch through the remaining years of his intellectual activity, and there have not been wanting signs that what he has already published is being appreciated rightly by capable persons. He is thinner than ever and is only just getting the better of much dyspeptic discomfort that has beset him since the beginning of November, but still he shows wonderful elasticity and nervous energy.
I have been for a month rendered almost helpless for intellectual work by constant headache and nausea, but am getting a little more freedom. Nothing is wanting to my blessings but the uninterrupted power of work. For as to all my unchangeable imperfections I have resigned myself.
Citation
Ge Journal, GE Journal, London, 1 January 1874, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/91888