There is no general doctrine which is not capable of eating out our morality if unchecked by the deep-seated habit of direct fellow-feeling with individual fellow-men.

“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for…”

“The really delightful marriage must be that where your husband was a sort of fa…”

“There's folks as make bad butter and trusten to the salt t' hide it.”

“It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings …”