He came to Rivenoak less often than he wished, because the sight of her perturbed his soul and darkened him with discontent.
"Discourage you!" cried Lashmar.

"Heaven forbid! I'm quite sure Mr.
Breakspeare wouldn't take my words in that sense.

I am all for zeal and hopefulness.

The curse of our age is pessimism, a result and a cause of the materialistic spirit.

Science, which really involves an infinite hope, has been misinterpreted by Socialists in the most foolish way, until we get a miserable languid fatalism, leading to decadence and despair.