Get these distinctions ?" "I can't see the drift of them," said Weston, impatiently.
"It may strike you as we proceed.

If you stop to consider whether it's judicious to reach out for the thing you want, you generally end by not getting it or anything else.

Isn't it better to clutch with courage, even if you have to face the cost ?" "I'm not sure," said Weston, dryly.

"Is it quite impossible to like a thing it is desirable that you should have ?" "One doesn't often like it," explained Grenfell, with a grin.

"Even when one does, the same principle applies.