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“The strength of that passion had been a power enabling him to master all the knowledge necessary to gratify it.
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From Chapter LIII of Middlemarch. This is fictional dialogue or narration; its meaning depends on the surrounding scene, not on treating it as the author’s personal advice.
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Source: Middlemarch , Chapter LIII
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