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To do a good day’s work and to do it well, he held to be part of their welfare, as it was the chief part of his own happiness; but he had a strong sense of fellowship with them.

— George Eliot

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From Chapter LVI 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 LVI

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