"The truth is, Harry, that you have had, all your life, a bad example before you." "No, father." "Yes, my son; let me speak on to the end, and then you can say what you please.

In me you have had a bad example on one side, and now, in poor Saul, you have a bad example on the other side.

Can you fancy no life between the two, which would fit your physical nature, which is larger than his, and your mental wants, which are higher than mine?
Yes, they are, Harry.

It is my duty to say this, but it would be unseemly that there should be any controversy between us on the subject." "If you choose to stop me in that way--" "I do choose to stop you in that way.

As for Saul, it is impossible that you should become such a man as he.