# Dedication explained — Unspoken Sermons

> Chapter companion for Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald.

## What happens

The author dedicates the work to his wife and friends, using the metaphor of ears of corn gathered on broken Sabbaths.

## Key lines

> These Ears of Corn , gathered and rubbed in my hands upon broken Sabbaths, I offer first to my Wife, and then to my other Friends.

I present these collected insights, gleaned during interrupted moments of rest, first to my wife and then to my other companions.

_The author uses agricultural imagery to describe the work's origin in fragmented times of reflection._

## Links

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