human
Do you remember our famous discussion on Emerson in the garret?
gpt
Do I? It is one of the episodes of our youth that stands out most distinctly.
human
And how about Emerson's doctrine? _Are_ we the makers of our circumstances? _Does_ our fate 'fit us like a glove?'
gpt
I doubt it,
human
Yet you have brilliantly done what you meant to do.
gpt
My own experience does not overshadow my judgment entirely, I hope, said Algitha.
human
I have seen too much of a certain tragic side of life to be able to lay down a law of that sort. I can't believe, for instance, that among all those millions in the East End, not _one_ man or woman, for all these ages, was born with great capacities, which better conditions might have allowed to come to fruition. I think you were right, after all. It is a matter of relation.