But, to be a happy life, it must be a true one.

All its activities must have an orderly pulsation." Mr.Markland slowly raised a hand, and, pressing it strongly against his forehead, stood motionless for some moments, his mind deeply abstracted.
"My thoughts flow back, Mr.Allison," he said, at length, speaking in a subdued tone, "to a period many months gone by, and revives a conversation held with you, almost in this very place.

What you then said made a strong impression on my mind.

I saw, in clear light, how vain were all efforts to secure happiness in this world, if made selfishly, and thus in a direction contrary to true order.

The great social man I recognised as no mere idealism, but as a verity.