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Quotation from The Wise Woman (A Double Story) by George MacDonald
“There is but one true way, however, of getting out of any position we may be in, and that is, to do the work of it so well that we grow fit for a better”
The Wise Woman (A Double Story), Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #5676 (A Double Story))
Agnes, miserable in the palace scullery, schemes for a way out instead of doing her work well.
Citation: "There is but one true way, however, of getting out of any position we may be in, and that is, to do the work of it so well that we grow fit for a better" — George MacDonald, The Wise Woman (A Double Story), Chapter X (Project Gutenberg #5676 (A Double Story)). (id the-wise-woman-q5)
Virtues: Industry
Portrait: George MacDonald 1860s, William Jeffrey (1826-1877), Public domain.
