Both missed the road to heaven." "Both ?" Mr.Markland looked surprised.
"Yes; for the road to heaven lies through the very centre of the world, and those who seek bypaths will find their termination at an immense distance from the point they had hoped to gain.

It is by neighbourly love that we attain to a higher and diviner love.

Can this love be born in us, if, instead of living in and for the world's good, we separate ourselves from our kind, and pass the years in fruitless meditation or selfish idleness?
No.

The active bad man is often more useful to the world than the naturally good or harmless man who is a mere drone.

Only the brave soldier receives the laurels of his country's gratitude; the skulking coward is execrated by all." The only response on the part of Markland was a deep sigh.