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Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles in Jane Eyre (1943)

John Sutton: Dr. Rivers

Jane Eyre

John Sutton credited as playing...

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.

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