He had seen and done a great deal, enjoyed and observed a great deal; he felt older, and yet he felt younger too.

He remembered Mr.Babcock and his desire to form conclusions, and he remembered also that he had profited very little by his friend's exhortation to cultivate the same respectable habit.

Could he not scrape together a few conclusions?
Baden-Baden was the prettiest place he had seen yet, and orchestral music in the evening, under the stars, was decidedly a great institution.

This was one of his conclusions! But he went on to reflect that he had done very wisely to pull up stakes and come abroad; this seeing of the world was a very interesting thing.

He had learned a great deal; he couldn't say just what, but he had it there under his hat-band.