George Eliot Quote

The mere fact of naming an object tends to give definiteness to our conception of it — we have then a sign that at once calls up in our minds the distinctive qualities which mark out for us that particular object from all others.

The George Eliot Letters (Volume 1I) (p. 251), Yale University Press. 1954—78

The mere fact of naming an object tends to give definiteness to our conception of it — we have then a sign that at once calls up in our minds the...

The mere fact of naming an object tends to give definiteness to our conception of it — we have then a sign that at once calls up in our minds the...

The mere fact of naming an object tends to give definiteness to our conception of it — we have then a sign that at once calls up in our minds the...

The mere fact of naming an object tends to give definiteness to our conception of it — we have then a sign that at once calls up in our minds the...