in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

“Lying is universal - we all do it. Therefore, the wise thing is for us diligent…”

“One poor chap, who had no other grandeur to offer, said with tolerably manifest…”

“Man has imagined a heaven, and has left entirely out of it the supremest of all…”

“Well, Ben Rogers, if I was as ignorant as you I wouldn't let on.”