human
Ah, well, said he presently, with a wave of his hand,
gpt
He was silent a moment, and then added, sadly and somewhat sternly:
human
Young man, I have reserved one count in the total, the biggest and best, for the last. Keep your ear and eye open--and I mean the inner ear and eye as well as the outer--keep your mind open, above all keep your heart open, and it will be given you to understand that we have here the bravest, the sweetest, and the kindliest people in the world. The Lord has been good to you to send you among them. This is the word of a man in the late evening of life to one in the hopeful morning. You will take it, I hope, without offense. Are you a Democrat, sir?
gpt
I am a political economist.
human
Well said, sir. Science knows no party lines. Your chosen subject rises above the valley of partisanry where we old wheel-horses plod--stinging each other in the dust, as the poet finely says. Mr. West has told me of your laurels.