GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 21 January 1864
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 21 January 1864
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 21 January 1864
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor
Date(s)
- 1864-01-21
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 21 January 1864
Text: Cross, II, 376.
I comfort myself with the belief that your nature is less rebellious under trouble than mine -- less craving and discontented.
Resignation to trial, which can never have a personal compensation, is a part of our life task which has been too much obscured for us by unveracious attempts at universal consolation. I think we should be more tender to each other while we live, if that wretched falsity which makes men quite comfortable about their fellows' troubles were thoroughly got rid of.
Text: Cross, II, 376.
I comfort myself with the belief that your nature is less rebellious under trouble than mine -- less craving and discontented.
Resignation to trial, which can never have a personal compensation, is a part of our life task which has been too much obscured for us by unveracious attempts at universal consolation. I think we should be more tender to each other while we live, if that wretched falsity which makes men quite comfortable about their fellows' troubles were thoroughly got rid of.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 21 January 1864, 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/93583