To anyone who spoke confidently and hopefully concerning human affairs, Lord Dymchurch gave willing attention.

With Dyce Lashmar he could not feel that he had much in common, but this rather loquacious young man certainly possessed brains, and might have an inkling of truths not easily arrived at.

To-day, at all events, Lashmar's talk seemed full of matter, and it was none the less acceptable to Lord Dymchurch because of its anti-democratic tenor.
"Not long ago," he remarked, quietly, "I was reading Marcus Aurelius.
You will remember that the idea of the community of human interests runs through all his thought.

He often insists that a man is nothing apart from the society he belongs to, and that the common good should be our first rule in conduct.

When you were speaking about individualism a sentence of his came into my mind.