Thanks to Mr.Colt's zeal, we have all begun to aspire along our different lines, with the result that St.Hospital has become a house divided against itself.

Now, if I may say it modestly, _I_ think your lordship's suggestion an excellent one.

We are old poor men--what business have we, any longer, with aspiration?
It is time for us to cease from pushing and thrusting at each other's souls; time for us to imitate the Greek beam, and practise lying flat.

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