If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place. - George Eliot

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George Eliot: "If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place."

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Banners	Because	Clothes	Common
Everyday	Felt	Great	Hung
Meaning	Occasion	Once	Particular
Place	Sacred	Striking	Words

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