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Mr. Riley
Mr. Stelling is an Oxford-educated minister, a fact that is very impressive to members of the local community like Mr. Tulliver and Mr. Riley. He has great ambitions to write books and become a man of influence, but seems to have little motivation to actually write. He takes in pupils to fund his expensive lifestyle, although he is not a very gifted teacher. He is unable to find a way to engage Tom in his studies, for example, since he decides that Tom is “slow.” He teaches Latin and geometry to Tom and Philip, and only the latter excels in the classroom.
Mr. Stelling Quotes in The Mill on the Floss
The The Mill on the Floss quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Stelling or refer to Mr. Stelling. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 2, Chapter 1
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“No; you couldn’t,” said Tom, indignantly. “Girls can’t do Euclid: can they, sir?”
“They can pick up a little of everything, I daresay,” said Mr. Stelling. “They’ve a great deal of superficial cleverness; but they couldn’t go far into anything. They’re quick and shallow.”
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Mr. Stelling Quotes in The Mill on the Floss
The The Mill on the Floss quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Stelling or refer to Mr. Stelling. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 2, Chapter 1
Quotes
“No; you couldn’t,” said Tom, indignantly. “Girls can’t do Euclid: can they, sir?”
“They can pick up a little of everything, I daresay,” said Mr. Stelling. “They’ve a great deal of superficial cleverness; but they couldn’t go far into anything. They’re quick and shallow.”
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