I have nothing to keep me here now, and there will be a change, and a new life there.

In short," said he, in despair of giving a rational reason, "I have made up my mind." "Oh!" said Mary, while her eyes filled with tears, "I shall be so sorry to lose you." "I too," said James, "shall be sorry to start away beyond seas and leave all the friends I care about save one behind me.

But times are hard for the poor folks here now, and if I, as 'squire, set the example of going, I know many will follow.

The old country, Mr.Thornton," he continued, "is getting too crowded for men to live in without a hard push, and depend on it, when poor men are afraid to marry for fear of having children which they can't support, it is time to move somewhere.
The hive is too hot, and the bees must swarm, so those that go will both better themselves, and better those they leave behind them, by giving them more room to work and succeed.

It's hard to part with the old farm and the old faces now, but perhaps in a few years, one will get to like that country just as one does this, from being used to it, and then the old country will seem only like a pleasant dream after one has awoke." "Think twice about it, James, my boy," said the Vicar.
"Don't be such an ass as to hesitate," said the Doctor impatiently.