GE to James Sully, London, 19 January 1877
Title
GE to James Sully, London, 19 January 1877
Title
GE to James Sully, London, 19 January 1877
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
James Sully
Date(s)
- 1877-01-19
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to James Sully, London, 19 January 1877
Text: Cross, III, 301.
I don't know that I ever heard anybody use the word "meliorist" 598 except myself. But I begin to think that there is no good invention or discovery that has not been made by more than one person.
The only good reason for referring to the "source" would be, that you found it useful for the doctrine of meliorism to cite one unfashionable confessor of it in the face of the fashionable extremes.
Text: Cross, III, 301.
I don't know that I ever heard anybody use the word "meliorist" 598 except myself. But I begin to think that there is no good invention or discovery that has not been made by more than one person.
The only good reason for referring to the "source" would be, that you found it useful for the doctrine of meliorism to cite one unfashionable confessor of it in the face of the fashionable extremes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to James Sully, London, 19 January 1877, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92544