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Mr. Riley is one of Mr. Tulliver’s friends in the neighborhood. Mr. Tulliver considers him very sophisticated and asks him for advice about Tom’s schooling. In reality, however, Mr. Riley is nearly as ignorant as Mr. Tulliver of educational matters and makes a poor recommendation. Mr. Tulliver follows Mr. Riley’s advice, sending Tom to an Oxford-educated minister named Mr. Stelling to be educated in Latin and geometry—subjects that fail to help Tom later in life.
Mr. Riley Quotes in The Mill on the Floss
The The Mill on the Floss quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Riley or refer to Mr. Riley. 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 1, Chapter 3
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“I want him to know figures, and write like print, and see into things quick, and know what folks mean, and how to wrap things up in words as aren’t actionable. It’s an uncommon fine thing […] when you can let a man know what you think of him without paying for it.”
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Mr. Riley Quotes in The Mill on the Floss
The The Mill on the Floss quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Riley or refer to Mr. Riley. 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 1, Chapter 3
Quotes
“I want him to know figures, and write like print, and see into things quick, and know what folks mean, and how to wrap things up in words as aren’t actionable. It’s an uncommon fine thing […] when you can let a man know what you think of him without paying for it.”
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