"I haven't seen enough of him to have an opinion one way or the other.
Judging from aunt Ruth's letters, though, I should say Lois liked him, so I don't think he will be anxious for my approval, or anybody else's." Helen looked at him with sudden questioning in her eyes, but they had reached his house, and John began to speak to him of his plans and of Lockhaven.
"I'm afraid you will have only too much to do," he said.

"There is a great deal of quarreling among the mill-owners, and constant disagreements between the hands." "Well," Gifford answered, smiling, and straightening his broad shoulders, "if there is work to do, I am glad I am here to do it.

But I'm not hopeless for the life it indicates, when you say there's much to be done.
The struggle for personal rights and advantages is really, you know, the desire for the best, and a factor in civilization.

A generation or two hence, the children of these pushing, aggressive fathers will be fine men." John shook his head sadly.

"Ah, but the present evil ?" But Gifford answered cheerfully, "Oh, well, the present evil is one stage of development; to live up to the best one knows is morality, and the preservation of self is the best some of these people know; we can only wait hopefully for the future." "Morality is not enough," John said gently.