His father shouldn't triumph over him.

And from the age of eighteen till nearly thirty he stuck to a profession which I am sure he loathed.

By force of resolve he even got on to it, and reached a good position with the firm he worked for.

Of course his father wouldn't assist him with money after he came of age; he had to make his way just like any young man who has no influence.' 'All this puts him in quite another light,' remarked Rhoda.
'Yes, it would be all very well, if there were no vices to add to the picture.

I never experienced such a revulsion of feeling as the day when I learnt shameful things about Everard.