Here he saw the reconciliation of his aristocratic prejudices--which he had little hope of ever overcoming--with the humanitarian emotion and conviction which were also a natural part of his being.

All this did but contribute to his disquiet.

No longer occupied with definite studies, he often felt time heavy on his hands, and saw himself more obnoxious than ever to the charge of idleness.
Lashmar, though possibly his ambition had some alloy of self-seeking, gave an example of intellect applied to the world's behoof; especially did his views on education, developed in a recent talk at the club, strike Dymchurch as commendable and likely to have influence.

He asked nothing better than an opportunity of devoting himself to a movement for educational reform.

The abstract now disgusted him well nigh as much as the too grossly actual.