"I don't believe I have
any, Daisy."
"No, but we are talking seriously."
"Very. We always are, when you are one of the talkers."
"Then please explain your notion of dignity."
"I know it when I see it," said the doctor; "but faith! I
don't know what makes it."
"Yes, but you think some people, or some classes, are set up
above others."
"So do you."
"What do you think makes the highest class, then?"
"You are going too deep, or too high, which is the same thing.
All I mean is, that certain feet which fate has planted on
lofty levels, ought not to come down from them."
"But it is good to know where we stand."
"Very," said Dr. Sandford, laughing. That is, in his way of
laughing. It was never loud.
"I will tell you where I want to stand," I went on. "It is the
highest level of all. The Lord Jesus said, 'Whosoever shall do
the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is MY
BROTHER, and MY SISTER, and MOTHER.' I want to be one of
those."
"But, Daisy," said Dr. Sandford, "the society of the world is
not arranged on that principle.
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