That would be well as a beginning." "Very well, that's certain!" assented the professor, dryly.

"It's all I shall be able to give you any assistance in, too, so we needn't discuss what the next step will be.

By-the-way, did you ever hear of doing any thing for the glory of God, and for the love of your fellow-men ?" "Oh, yes! they're pass-words of the profession, and have their use," returned Bressant, with another of his keen smiles.

"If you want to climb above the world, the rounds in your ladder must be made of common woods that everybody knows the names of.

The Bible is full of such, and some of them are works of genius in themselves.