But it is something, in this out-of-the-way corner, to hear talk from which it is even worth while to differ." "Ah, you can have that here if you will!" "Indeed!" "I mean talk from which you would probably differ.

There is an old man in the town who can talk better than ever I heard man before.

But he is a poor man, with a despised handicraft, and none heed him.

No community recognizes its great men till they are gone." "Where is the use then of being great ?" said Miss Graeme.
"To be great," answered Donal, "-- to which the desire to be known of men is altogether destructive.

To be great is to seem little in the eyes of men." Miss Graeme did not answer.