But you may be sure of this, that men and women ought to grow, like plants, upwards.
Everybody should endeavour to stand as well as he can in the world, and if I had a choice of acquaintance between a sugar-baker and a peer, I should prefer the peer,--unless, indeed, the sugar-baker had something very strong on his side to offer.

I don't call that tuft-hunting, and it does not necessitate toadying.

It's simply growing up, towards the light, as the trees do." Alice listened to her father's worldly wisdom with a smile, but she did not attempt to answer him.

It was very seldom, indeed, that he took upon himself the labour of lecturing her, or that he gave her even as much counsel as he had given now.

"Well, papa, I hope I shall find myself growing towards the light," she said as she got out of the cab.