Dan was suddenly conscious that the young fellow's eyes were bent upon him with a wistfulness, a kind of pleading sweetness, that the reporter had no inclination to resist.

He delayed speaking, anxious to say the right word, to meet the plea in the right spirit.
"I think I understand; I believe I should feel just as you do if I were in your shoes.

It's mighty interesting, this whole big scheme we're a part of.

Over there on the other side it's all different, the life, the aims, and the point of view.

And here we've got just what you call it--the most wonderful experiment the world ever saw.