GE to Miss Beneke, London, 19 March 1880
Title
GE to Miss Beneke, London, 19 March 1880
Title
GE to Miss Beneke, London, 19 March 1880
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Miss Beneke
Date(s)
- 1880-03-19
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Miss Beneke, London, 19 March 1880
MS: Yale.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 19. 80.
Dear Miss Beneke 541
So far as I am able to judge in a case quite away from my observation, I should say that you would do well -- no duties opposing -- to have a course of Mathematics.
Allow me, as an elder person, to caution you against taking life too eagerly and looking at all things as means, instead of regarding each good, pure, beautiful exercise of faculty as a sufficient end.
I am just now much oppressed with difficulties and trials in my own inward life, and much claimed by others. This will be an explanation to you of my brevity in answering your confidential letter. Believe me, with sincere wishes for your welfare
Yours very truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Yale.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 19. 80.
Dear Miss Beneke 541
So far as I am able to judge in a case quite away from my observation, I should say that you would do well -- no duties opposing -- to have a course of Mathematics.
Allow me, as an elder person, to caution you against taking life too eagerly and looking at all things as means, instead of regarding each good, pure, beautiful exercise of faculty as a sufficient end.
I am just now much oppressed with difficulties and trials in my own inward life, and much claimed by others. This will be an explanation to you of my brevity in answering your confidential letter. Believe me, with sincere wishes for your welfare
Yours very truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Miss Beneke, London, 19 March 1880, 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/92966