"There was a strong assumption of superiority in this Puritanic toleration, hardly less trying to the blond flesh of an unenthusiastic sister than a Puritanic persecution."
George Eliot
Middlemarch
It is all fine and nice to recognize, as the quote before this one does, that "souls have complexions" and that what might not be alright for me might be alright for someone else, but if it is accompanied by the assumption that what is right for me, though, is superior, the insight loses most of its force.
No comments:
Post a Comment