39/39 They only cumber the mills and the market-places, the courts of law and the courts of the church--yes, even the wide spaces of the ocean." "Are you not a bit hard, Captain ?" "No; I am not hard enough. Do you think God sent any man that had his five senses into this busy world to _amuse_ himself ?" "Are you preaching me a sermon, Captain ?" "Nay, not I! Preaching is nothing in my line. But you are on a new road, sir, and no one can tell where it may lead to, so I'll just remind you to watch your beginnings; the results will manage themselves.". |