It won't make you any richer.

It won't make you famous.

It won't better you in a worldly way.

But it will make your lives happier, for by the time you are my age, you'll love humanity, and look upon the world and call it good.

And you will have found romance enough to satisfy all longings for mediaeval times." "But, dear, one cannot imagine some people ever finding anything romantic in life," said a voice, which, had it been translated into words would have said, "I know you are right, of course, and you will convince me at once, but in my present state of unenlightenment it seems to me that--" the voice, already low, became lower.