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Joseph Kalonymos is an elderly friend of Leonora Halm-Eberstein’s father and a significant figure in Daniel Deronda’s discovery of his heritage. Kalonymos recognizes Daniel in Frankfurt and confronts Leonora, urging her to reveal the truth about Daniel’s Jewish lineage. He serves as a link to Daniel’s past and gives him the key to understanding his grandfather’s legacy.
Joseph Kalonymos Quotes in Daniel Deronda
The Daniel Deronda quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Kalonymos or refer to Joseph Kalonymos . 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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Chapter 60
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“I shall call myself a Jew,” said Deronda, deliberately, becoming slightly paler under the piercing eyes of his questioner. “But I will not say that I shall profess to believe exactly as my fathers have believed. Our fathers themselves changed the horizon of their belief and learned of other races. But I think I can maintain my grandfather’s notion of separateness with communication. I hold that my first duty is to my own people, and if there is anything to be done toward restoring or perfecting their common life, I shall make that my vocation.”
It happened to Deronda at that moment, as it has often happened to others, that the need for speech made an epoch in resolve. His respect for the questioner would not let him decline to answer, and by the necessity to answer he found out the truth for himself.
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Joseph Kalonymos Quotes in Daniel Deronda
The Daniel Deronda quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Kalonymos or refer to Joseph Kalonymos . 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:
).
Chapter 60
Quotes
“I shall call myself a Jew,” said Deronda, deliberately, becoming slightly paler under the piercing eyes of his questioner. “But I will not say that I shall profess to believe exactly as my fathers have believed. Our fathers themselves changed the horizon of their belief and learned of other races. But I think I can maintain my grandfather’s notion of separateness with communication. I hold that my first duty is to my own people, and if there is anything to be done toward restoring or perfecting their common life, I shall make that my vocation.”
It happened to Deronda at that moment, as it has often happened to others, that the need for speech made an epoch in resolve. His respect for the questioner would not let him decline to answer, and by the necessity to answer he found out the truth for himself.
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