You found that you could do the most good among the poor people,
so you worked among them. Then you found that you needed money, so you
worked hard to get that. Then you found that you could help most by
working in politics, so you did that. And you have tried to gain power
so as to increase your power for good. I know you haven't liked a great
deal you have had to do. I know that you much prefer to sit before your
study fire and read than sit in saloons. I know that you would rather
keep away from tricky people than to ask or take their help. But you
have sacrificed your own feelings and principles because you felt that
they were not to be considered if you could help others. And, because
people have laughed at you or misunderstood, you have become silent and
unsocial, except as you have believed your mixing with the world to be
necessary to accomplish good."
"What a little idealist we are!"
"Well, dear, that isn't all the little idealist has found out. She knows
something else.
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