human
In his own way Spencer felt that
gpt
but it has been truly said that
human
The most conspicuous is want of tact. This is an inherited deficiency. The Spencers of the preceding generation were all characterised by lack of reticence.... I tended habitually to undisguised utterance of ideas and feelings; the result being that while I often excited opposition from not remembering what others were likely to feel, I, at the same time, disclosed my own intentions in cases where concealment of them was needful as a means to success
gpt
Probably she came with high anticipations and was disappointed. There was the Frenchman who found Spencer playing billiards at the Athenæum Club, and
human
And there was the American millionaire, Mr Andrew Carnegie, who was so greatly astonished to hear Spencer say at the dinner-table on the _Servia_,
gpt
Waiter, I did not ask for Cheshire; I asked for Cheddar.
human
If as somebody said (Socrates, was it not?)--marrying is a thing which whether you do it or do it not you will repent, it is pretty clear that you may as well decide by a toss up. It's a choice of evils, and the two sides are pretty nearly balanced. He was too wise to marry out of a sense of duty, and too preoccupied to marry by inclination.
gpt
As for marrying under existing circumstances, that is out of the question; and as for twisting circumstances into better shape, I think it is too much trouble. ...
human
On the whole I am quite decided not to be a drudge; and as I see no probability of being able to marry without being a drudge, why, I have pretty well given up the idea.