I can say in
all humility that it has been so with me from a child. I've always
had a burning desire to explore the secret chambers of Thought,
always yearned to understand and explain the universe.'
'I have never tried to explain it,' sighed Mary a little wearily;
'one is so busy trying to keep one's little corner clean and sweet
and pleasant, a helpful place where sad and tired souls can sit down
and rest.'
'Who wants to sit down and rest? Not I!' exclaimed Mrs. Grubb. 'But
then, I'm no criterion, I have such an active mind.'
'There are just a few passive virtues,' said Mary teasingly. 'We
must remember that activity doesn't always make for good; sometimes
it is unrest, disintegration; not growth, Mrs. Grubb, but
fermentation.'
Mrs. Grubb took out a small blank-book and made a note, for she had
an ear for any sentence that might be used in a speech.
'That is true. "DISTRUST THE ACTIVITY WHICH IS NOT GROWTH, BUT
FERMENTATION" that will just hit some ladies in my classes, and it
comes right in with something I am going to say this evening. We
have a Diet Congress here this week, and there's a good deal of
feeling and dispute between the various branches. I have two
delegates stopping with me, and they haven't spoken to each other
since yesterday morning, nor sat down to eat at the same table.
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