"It would require much money.
But what a noble solution it would be!" "Precisely.

I rejoice to see that your mind is so singularly clear although your heart is so kind." "You speak in the voice of New England." "Yes, yes, I'm a New Englander.

She's glorious in her principles, New England, but she carries her principles in her pocket! I admire your proposed solution, but that solution I fear you will never see.

It is the fatal test, that of the pocket." But the idea had hold of him, and would not let him go.

He walked up and down, excited, still arguing against it.
"The South, frankly, has always been juggled out of its rights, all along the line--through pocket politics--and I'm not sure how much more it can endure of the same sort of juggling.