But the lessons which George Eliot would fain teach to men were most unmistakable in their bearing-the lessons of pitying love towards fellow-men; of sympathy with all human suffering; of unwavering faithfulness towards the social bond, consisting in the claims of race, of country, of family; of unflagging aspiration after that life which is most beneficent to the community, that life, in short, towards which she herself aspired in the now famous prayer to reach "That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty- Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense."
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
I go walking, searching for all the places where the earth must be scorched with burning pleasures, in order to know whether they enkindle memories so sacred that they can again inflame me.
"Hadda Padda"
Godmunder Kamban
Can she there breathe in that which will enkindle noble ambition to love and serve in a world which so needs love and service?
"The Girl and Her Religion"
Margaret Slattery