George Eliot's Works (Volume 14) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1894. Excerpt: ... er-larreme::: cf cur re>m: sis: that would be a S:, e: ii turvcse wk:: h I;ould recognize with some a: rr:: -.: -.: hugh wi: h: ut felicitating him on a career whi: h; :: -n en Is in premature and violent death. Put s: far is he from having any desire f.r a ir.: re a; ur.: e knowledge of the earth's surface.:: .: .: he sail he sn: -uld jrefer not to know the =: ur: -; ci the Nile, and that there should be some unkn w: rej: : .s;reserved as hunting-grounds for ' .Yell, there is something in that, vou know," said Mr. I: r..-ke. who had eertainlv an impartial mind "It is. I fear, iv thing more than a part of his general ina?: ur?.cy and indisposition to thoroughness of all kinds, which would he a had augury for him in any profession, civil or sacred, even were he so far submissive to ordinary rule as to choose one." "Perhaps he has conscientious scruples founded on his own un: ituess," said Dorothea, who was interesting herself in finding a favourable explanation. "Because the law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not People's lives and fortunes depend on them." "Doubtless; but I fear that my young relative "Will Ladislaw is '-hie: ly determined in his aversion to these callings by a dislike to steady application, and to that kind of acquirement which is needful instrumentally, but is not charming or immediately inviting to self-indulgent taste. I have insisted to him on what Aristope has stated with admirable brevity, that for the achievement of any work regarded as an end there must be a prior exercise of many energies or acquired facilities of a secondary order, demanding patience. I have pointed to my own manuscript volumes, which represent the toil of years preparatory to a work not yet accomplished. But in vain. To careful reasoning o...