Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning

Title

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning

Quotation

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us: there have been many circulations of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud.

Text

Silas Marner

Source

(1: 7: 86)

Subject

Humanity, Change

Publisher

Published by the George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, 2025. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

Rights

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Postcard Creator

Ward, Isa

Image