Why, everything. A future--bigger things and
better, broader work, not on the sea at the last. No; landward,
somewhere, anywhere. But onward, onward!
"Something is linked with every one's destiny, Virginia. Fate fires no
salutes; every shot is solid and aimed at something. And the thing
that is hit you have to step over and go on; if you stop to look at it
and think over it and try to look for something else for Fate to knock
down for you, something easier to step over and get away from, you
find, perhaps, years later, that just there you missed your chance."
She regarded him with kindling eyes.
"And so that has been your philosophy."
"For want of a better, yes."
"I think it is a splendid one, and it has stood its highest test--it
has served you well. Do you know, the first time I had any idea you
were interested in the higher things was that day we were in your cabin
on the _Tampico_. Do you remember my looking at your books and
exclaiming over the selection? I don't know, but somehow the Bible
impressed me most."
"I had a pretty good English foundation at Exeter," replied Dan, "and I
kept it up after I left there. That Bible--I think I did grow and
broaden after leaving school, but I never grew beyond Psalms and St.
Paul; which proves that a little knowledge is not dangerous.
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