Wisdom
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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was born on September 29, 1810 in Chelsea, London.
* She was the daughter of a Unitarian minister and his wife.
* After her mother died, she was raised by her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire.
* In 1832, she married William Gaskell, a Unitarian minister.
* They had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood.
* Gaskell began writing short stories in the 1840s.
* Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848.
* She went on to write several more novels, including Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.
* Gaskell died on November 12, 1865 at the age of 55.
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* She was the daughter of a Unitarian minister and his wife.
* After her mother died, she was raised by her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire.
* In 1832, she married William Gaskell, a Unitarian minister.
* They had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood.
* Gaskell began writing short stories in the 1840s.
* Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848.
* She went on to write several more novels, including Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.
* Gaskell died on November 12, 1865 at the age of 55.
I hope this is helpful! Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Education
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A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
Love
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I wanted to see the place where Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine.
Humor
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I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.
Romance
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He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her – while he was jealous of her – while he renounced her – he loved her sorely, in spite of himself.
Inspirational
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Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.
Love
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Take care. If you do not speak – I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way. Send me away at once, if I must go; – Margaret! –
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