GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 17 March 1872
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 17 March 1872
Title
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 17 March 1872
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor
Date(s)
- 1872-03-17
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 17 March 1872
Text: Cross, III, 156-157.
Before I received your letter this morning, I was going to write you a word of sympathy, knowing how deeply you would be feeling the death of Mazzini. 487 Such a man leaves behind him a wider good than the loss of his personal presence can take away.
"The greatest gift the hero leaves his race, Is to have been a hero." 488
I must be excused for quoting my own words, because they are my credo. I enter thoroughly into your sense of wealth in having known him.
Brighton 489 does not suit Mr. Lewes. But he was near going there for a night a little while ago to see our friends Mr. and Mrs. William Smith. He (the author of [Thorndale,] etc.) is, I fear, wasting fatally with organic disease, and we grieve much at the too-probably near parting of a husband and wife who have been among the perfectly happy couples of the world. She is a charming woman, and I wish that you may happen to know her.
Text: Cross, III, 156-157.
Before I received your letter this morning, I was going to write you a word of sympathy, knowing how deeply you would be feeling the death of Mazzini. 487 Such a man leaves behind him a wider good than the loss of his personal presence can take away.
"The greatest gift the hero leaves his race, Is to have been a hero." 488
I must be excused for quoting my own words, because they are my credo. I enter thoroughly into your sense of wealth in having known him.
Brighton 489 does not suit Mr. Lewes. But he was near going there for a night a little while ago to see our friends Mr. and Mrs. William Smith. He (the author of [Thorndale,] etc.) is, I fear, wasting fatally with organic disease, and we grieve much at the too-probably near parting of a husband and wife who have been among the perfectly happy couples of the world. She is a charming woman, and I wish that you may happen to know her.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Peter Alfred Taylor, London, 17 March 1872, 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/93580