Barry Pain

“ But—supposing that Richard had had his own way—would it have smoothed over a family difference? On the contrary, it would have created a family difference, and Richard would have been one of the persons differing. At least, so I should judge. Personally, I am a plain hard man, and if a boy of mine dug a canal through my lawn, I would whip him to a froth, as they say in the cookery-books. One does not whip the Fauntleroy type; if you are feeling very harsh, you may forgive them, and even then it takes slow music, and you feel a beast for your presumption. ”

“ All Fauntleroy-Boys win all races; and consequently if all boys were Fauntleroy-Boys athletics would become uninteresting. Inactivity would set in everywhere, because each generation would be lost in the ecstacy inspired by the promise of the next. It is just possible, however, that the ecstacy would die out. For time tones down and mellows; the ordinary human boy is a common amusing pig with a taste for ginger beer and the high seas; toned down, he becomes a man and a good fellow. ”

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