I know that Horace wrote odes, and Cicero
made orations, but I can't quote them. All I remember about biology is
that the fittest are supposed to survive, and in this war I've seen the
fittest killed off like flies. You've had several years of useful work
in the Pindar Shops and the Wire Works, to say nothing of a course in
biological chemistry, psychology and sociology under Dr. Jonathan. I'll
leave it to him whether you don't know more about life than I do--about
the life and problems of the great mass of people in this country. And
now that the strike's over--
MINNIE. The strike's over!
GEORGE. Yes. I've chosen my life. It isn't going to be divided
between a Wall Street office and Newport and Palm Beach. A girl out of
a finishing school wouldn't be of any use to me. I'm going to stay right
here in Foxon Falls, Minnie, I've got a real job on my hands, and I need
a real woman with special knowledge to help me. I don't mean to say we
won't have vacations, and we'll sit down and get our education together.
Dr. Jonathan will be the schoolmaster.
MINNIE. It's a dream, George.
GEORGE. Well, Minnie, if it's a dream worth dying for it's a dream worth
living for. Your brother Bert died for it.
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