Which character in 'Middlemarch' acts as a moral compass, representing the value of honest labor and practical wisdom?
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Correct answer: Caleb Garth
Caleb Garth is an estate manager who values the 'business' of work and integrity above social climbing. His family, including his daughter Mary, provides a stabilizing, wholesome influence in the novel's complex social web.
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