Mary Ann's gift of pointed speech was therefore mother-wit, in the true sense, and her rich humour and marvellous powers of observation were derived from the same side, while her conscientiousness, her capacity, and that faculty of taking pains, which is so large a factor in the development of genius, came more directly from the father.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
Her conscientiousness made her even painfully anxious to enter sympathetically into the needs of every person who approached her, so as to make her speech a permanently fruitful influence in her hearer's life.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
This conscientiousness, involving patience, humility, perseverance, and integrity, has been, we think, the real secret of her success.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson