Jane Eyre (1943)

John Sutton: Dr. Rivers

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• Dr. Rivers : You keep your schoolroom uncommonly cold, Mr. Brocklehurst.

  Henry Brocklehurst : A matter of principle, Dr. Rivers. Our aim is not to pamper the body but strengthen the soul.

  Dr. Rivers : I should not have thought that a bad cough was any aid to salvation, but then I'm not a theologian. Good day, sir.

• Dr. Rivers : Jane, you know what duty is, don't you? Duty is what you have to do even when you don't want to do it. I may not want to go out into a snow storm to visit a sick child, but I know I have to go because it's my duty. Now, what is your duty, Jane?

  Jane Eyre : l don't know.

  Dr. Rivers : Yes, you do, Jane. In your heart, you know perfectly well. Your duty is to prepare yourself to do God's work in the world.

• Dr. Rivers : Jane, it's not every young woman that can face the world single-handed, but you know what right is, and you stick to it through thick and thin.