Middlemarch Spirituality Quotes

Dorothea sums up her personal doctrine (as opposed to institutionalized doctrine laid out by organized religion) in this passage. The whole point of life is to make things easier for each other. And the fact that Dorothea uses the first person plural ("we") suggests that she expects everyone to act as nobly and generously as she does.

Here's another place where Dorothea is compared with something sacred. Mr. Farebrother compares her generosity to that of the "Virgin Mary," but this isn't how Dorothea sees herself.