"Why ?" "Because he's a _man_," retorted his father, with obvious intent of satirical contrast.

"Because within a year or two he'll know the business from end to end--as his father did--as I do." "And what good will that do him ?" inquired Ross, with fine irony.

"You know it isn't in the manufacturing end that the money's made nowadays.

We can hire hundreds of good men to manufacture for us.

I should say he'd be wiser were he trying to get a _practical_ education." "Practical!" "Precisely.