human
I chafe against these situations! cried Valeria.
gpt
I am so unused, in my own life, to such tethers and limitations. They would drive me crazy!
human
Oh, Hadria exclaimed, with an amused smile,
gpt
I don't care, said Valeria discontentedly.
human
I never supposed that one _could_ be tied hand and foot, in this way. I should never stand it. It is intolerable!
gpt
These are what you have frequently commended to me as 'home ties,'
human
Oh, but it is impossible!
gpt
You attack the family!
human
If the family makes itself ridiculous----?
gpt
The natural instinct of man to get his fun at his neighbour's expense meets with wholesome rebuffs in the outer world, said the Professor,
human
Well, after all, it is the order of Nature to have one's fun at the expense of someone, and I don't believe we shall ever be able to practise any other principle, I mean on a national scale, however much we may progress.
gpt
Oh, but we shan't progress unless we _do_,
human
You are always paradoxical.
gpt
There is no paradox here. I am just as certain as I am of my own existence, that real, solid, permanent progress is impossible to any people until they recognise, as a mere truism, that whatever is gained by cruelty, be it towards the humblest thing alive, is not gain, but the worst of loss.
human
Oh, you always go too far!
gpt
I don't admit that in a horror of cruelty, it is possible to go too far, the Professor replied.
human
Cruelty is the one unpardonable sin.