I am conservative myself; I don't like to see the younger generation rushing into things because they are new, like Gifford,--calling himself a Democrat.

I beg your pardon, Miss Deborah, for finding fault with the boy." "Ah, doctor, ladies don't understand politics," answered Miss Deborah politely.
"But really," said the rector, "for a boy whose father died for the Union, it's absurd, you know, perfectly absurd.

But Ward! one can't imagine that he would ever change in anything, and that sort of conservatism can be carried too far." "Well, now," said Mr.Denner, "I should say, I should be inclined to think, it would be just the opposite, quite--quite the contrary.

From what you say, doctor, it seems to me more likely that he might be an anarchist, as it were.

Yes, not at all a conservative." "How so ?" asked the rector.