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improvements I have made at Yoden were not carelessly chosen. Harry
loves beautiful surroundings. They may mean little to you or to me, but
to him they are almost necessary. He is easily persuaded, but you cannot
reason with him. As a general thing you cannot reason with youth. You
may as well try to beat a cloud with a stick. Youth moves in the sublime
region of its own aspirations."
John laughed softly as he answered, "That is the difficult point with
Harry. He cannot find a reality that fills his ideals."
"Well then, Hatton, that is a sign of a rich and varied nature. We must
bear with patience and good nature Harry's gushing, little
condescensions, for he really thinks the majority of his elders to be
grossly ignorant, perverse, and cynical. Yet he really loves us in spite
of our faults, so I think we must be lenient with his faults."
Lugur's ideas exactly fitted John's and as the men parted Lugur said, "I
foresee that we shall be friends. Call on me, if in the bad days coming
I can help you.
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