How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
[Daniel] was received with even warmer kindness than usual, the failure was passed over lightly, and when he detailed his reasons for wishing to quit the university and go to study abroad, Sir Hugo sat for some time in a silence which was rather meditative than surprised. At last he said, looking at Daniel with examination, "So you don't want to be an Englishman to the backbone after all?"
"I want to be an Englishman, but I want to understand other points of view. And I want to get rid of a merely English attitude in studies." (16.70-71)
In contrast with the people around him, Daniel doesn't think that the British way is the only way. He wants to see the world, and he wants to know how other people think and live.
Quote #8
"You want to know if I am English?" she said at last, while Deronda was reddening nervously under a gaze which he felt more fully than he saw.
"I want to know nothing except what you like to tell me," he said, still uneasy in the fear that her mind was wandering. "Perhaps it is not good for you to talk."
"Yes, I will tell you. I am English-born. But I am a Jewess."
Deronda was silent, inwardly wondering that he had not said to this before, though any one who had seen delicate-faced Spanish girls might simply have guessed her to be Spanish. (17.41-44)
Mirah points out that people see a difference between English people and English people who are Jewish.
Quote #9
Mirah looked down at her own feet in a childlike way and then smiled at Mrs. Meyrick, who was saying inwardly, "One could hardly imagine this creature having an evil thought." (20.3)
We see Mrs. Meyrick display some pretty anti-Semitic thinking throughout the text. Here, she's kind of surprised that Mirah, who is Jewish, could be a normal, kind, and, uh, not-evil human being. Mrs. Meyrick seems to have a lot of learning to do.