Fred S. Lincoln

“ Kent added, in earnest good humor.
"Well, to realize that at least one evil has reached a limit must be a satisfaction to you who are responsible for it," Harvey replied.
"But I cannot see wherein the evil lies," Virgie said seriously, for the custom was one of her greatest pleasures, and she followed it solely for the love of the freshness that early morning contains. "I am of the opinion that your introduction of adages has given you a wrong impression, because you have let only mercenary objects apply to our customs. ”

“ Most assuredly they are untrue to themselves, but when they have reached the stage of absolute self-belief in their own virtues there is no undeceiving them, as they prove everything by logic, and you can reach almost any conclusion that is desirable and agreeable to you if you will reason that way and at the same time deceive yourself. ”

“ Frank replied, laughing. "It would be a poor return for your kind hospitality. No, I called to see you early this morning before I left, but you were out for a walk, they told me. Such unheard-of hours as you people keep," he continued, looking around at each of them. "Why do you ever go to bed at all? Why not just stay up if you find it necessary to be about before daylight? You might save yourselves the trouble of retiring."
"You know about the early bird, don't you?" Kent laughed.
"Pretty example indeed is that," Harvey replied. ”

“ But I am afraid that in many cases their wider understanding of people and things allows them to handle the truth in a manner to convert it to their own needs; in a measure leading you to believe an omission in themselves a virtue by comparison, while another's virtue may be distorted to appear as folly or even sin. ”

“ Perhaps that would be a more philosophical way of looking at it, but at times little patches of sentimentality will creep in, and when they do we are bound to wish for or regret the loss of incidents that we would probably not care to live over if we could. ”