A 'cute' meddler too, for he takes care to do nothing that hasn't got his name tacked on to it.

However, I'm in great hopes that his pauperising of Scottish University education may in time wear itself out, and that Scotsmen will be sufficiently true to the spirit of Robert Burns to stick to the business of working and paying for what they get.

I hate all things that are given _gratis_.

There's always a smack of the advertising agent about them.

God Himself gives nothing 'free'-- you've got to pay with your very life for each gulp of air you breathe,--and rightly too! And if you try to get something out of His creation _without_ paying for it, the bill is presented in due course with compound interest!" "I agree with you," said Helmsley.