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Excerpt from George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals, Vol. 2: Arranged and Edited by Her Husband I wonder how I shall feel about these little de tails ten years hence, if I am alive. At present I value them as grounds for hoping that my writing may succeed, and so give value to my life: as indi cations that I can touch the hearts Of my fellow men, and so sprinkle some precious grain as the result Of the long years in which I have been inert and suffering. But at present fear and trembling still predominate over hope. Jan. 5. Today the Clerical Scenes came in their two-volume dress, looking very handsome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.