human
My dear, if you had a lot of money, what would you do with it?
gpt
What would you? said the girl, looking up into his face.
human
What do people generally do?
gpt
Why, and Mavick hesitated,
human
And then?
gpt
I suppose they leave it to somebody. Suppose it was left to you?
human
Don't think me silly, papa; I've thought a lot about it, and I shall do something quite different.
gpt
Different from what?
human
You know mamma is in the Orthopedic Hospital, and in the Ragged Schools, and in the Infirmary, and I don't know what all.
gpt
And wouldn't you help them?
human
Of course, I would help. But everybody does those things, the practical things, the charities; I mean to do things for the higher life.
gpt
You want to build a cathedral?
human
No, I don't mean that sort of higher life, I mean civilization, the things at the top. I read an essay the other day that said it was easy to raise money for anything mechanical and practical in a school, but nobody wanted to give for anything ideal.
gpt
Quite right, said her father;