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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
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"When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor will usually depend on her resolution rather than on his."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
Bachelors

"What business has an old bachelor like that to marry?' said Sir James. 'He has one foot in the grave.' 'He means to draw it out again, I suppose."

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