GHL to William Kingdon Clifford, London, [1874?]
Title
GHL to William Kingdon Clifford, London, [1874?]
Title
GHL to William Kingdon Clifford, London, [1874?]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
William Kingdon Clifford
Date(s)
- 1874
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to William Kingdon Clifford, London, [1874?]
Text: Mathilde Blind, George Eliot, 1883, p. 206.
Few things have given us more pleasure than the intimation in your note that you had a fianc'e9e. 176 May she be the central happiness and motive force of your career, and, by satisfying the affections, leave your rare intellect free to work out its glorious destiny. For, if you don't become a glory to your age and time, it will be a sin and a shame. Nature doesn't often send forth such gifted sons, and when she does, Society usually cripples them. Nothing but marriage -- a happy marriage -- has seemed to Mrs. Lewes and myself wanting to your future.
Text: Mathilde Blind, George Eliot, 1883, p. 206.
Few things have given us more pleasure than the intimation in your note that you had a fianc'e9e. 176 May she be the central happiness and motive force of your career, and, by satisfying the affections, leave your rare intellect free to work out its glorious destiny. For, if you don't become a glory to your age and time, it will be a sin and a shame. Nature doesn't often send forth such gifted sons, and when she does, Society usually cripples them. Nothing but marriage -- a happy marriage -- has seemed to Mrs. Lewes and myself wanting to your future.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to William Kingdon Clifford, London, [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/95118