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 "What you might call a chip of the old block, eh?—so that mighty little misses him?"

"I may be prejudiced, but I thought it pretty good, coming from a kid of six—"

"And it is perfectly true, gentlemen—the poor are kind to each other. Now, I believe just being kind makes you happier—"

"And I often think that is a better sort of religion than just dressing up in your best clothes and going to church regularly on Sundays—"

"That is a very true thought," another chimed in.

"And expressed, upon my word, with admirable clarity—"

"Oh, whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart—"

"I would put it that Christianity, in spite of the carping sneers of science so-called, has led us once for all to recognize the vast brotherhood of man—"

"So that, really, the world gets better every day—"

"We have quite abolished war, for instance—"