Perhaps he would be a hero if it were possible for a man to be a hero in this nineteenth century, which will be infamous in history as a time when the greatest advances in the power of man over nature only served to sharpen his greed and make famine its avowed minister.

Erskine is at least neither a gambler nor a slave-driver at first hand; if he lives upon plundered labor he can no more help himself than I.Do not say that you hope for much more; but tell me, if you can, what more you have any chance of getting?
Mind, I do not ask what more you desire; we all desire unutterable things.

I ask you what more you can obtain!" "I have not found Mr.Erskine such a wonderful person as you seem to think him." "He is only a man.

Do you know anybody more wonderful ?" "Besides, my family might not approve." "They most certainly will not.

If you wish to please them, you must sell yourself to some rich vampire of the factories or great landlord.