That story of the child and her paper fixed certain thoughts that had been floating about in my mind.

You know that I have long enough tried to find work, but I have been misled by the common tendency of the time.

Those who want to be of social usefulness for the most part attack the lowest stratum.

It seems like going to the heart of the problem, of course, and any one who has means finds there the hope of readiest result--material result.

But I think that the really practical task is the most neglected, just because it does not appear so pressing.