tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post3454698708292079000..comments2024-03-28T14:47:11.132-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A REPLY TO SOME COMMENTSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-13653128736211721152013-05-12T13:39:45.940-04:002013-05-12T13:39:45.940-04:00@formerly a wage slave:
One of my favorite lines....@formerly a wage slave:<br /><br />One of my favorite lines. So nice to see it being quoted. :) LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-27067430638069462042013-05-05T04:36:58.345-04:002013-05-05T04:36:58.345-04:00Your post reminded me of the last line of George E...Your post reminded me of the last line of George Eliot's "Middlemarch", in which she assesses her heroine's life. I wouldn't want to maim Eliot's words, but it seems to me very important to say that short of system change, there are yet enormously important things each individual has within their grasp, but also that one never quite knows exactly what those acts may contribute to the future. Better that I quote George Eliot now:<br />"But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."formerly a wage slavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064562730082906589noreply@blogger.com