`` Everything , it seems to me , has to be purchased by self-sacrifice . Our race has marked every step of its painful ascent with blood . And now torrents of it must flow again . No , Mrs. Crawford , I do n't think the war has been sent as a punishment for sin . I think it is the price humanity must pay for some blessing -- some advance great enough to be worth the price -- which we may not live to see but which our children 's children will inherit . '' `` If Jerry is killed will you feel so fine about it ? '' demanded Norman , who had been saying things like that all his life and never could be made to see any reason why he should n't . `` Now , never mind kicking me in the shins , Ellen . I want to see if Parson meant what he said or if it was just a pulpit frill . '' Mr. Meredith 's face quivered . He had had a terrible hour alone in his study on the night Jem and Jerry had gone to town . But he answered quietly . `` Whatever I felt , it could not alter my belief -- my assurance that a country whose sons are ready to lay down their lives in her defence will win a new vision because of their sacrifice . '' `` You do mean it , Parson . I can always tell when people mean what they say . It 's a gift that was born in me . Makes me a terror to most parsons , that ! But I 've never caught you yet saying anything you did n't mean . I 'm always hoping I will -- that 's what reconciles me to going to church . It 'd be such a comfort to me -- such a weapon to batter Ellen here with when she tries to civilize me .
Well , I 'm off over the road XXXXX see Ab .
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