.. and not for bad... or
just for indifference....
"Gentlemen, let us look at things as they are. Some of us have come back
to our native town because we'd failed to get on elsewhere. One way or
other, things had gone wrong with us... what we'd dreamed of hadn't come
true. But the fact that we had failed elsewhere is no reason why we
should fail here. Our very experiments in larger places, even if they
were unsuccessful, ought to have helped us to make North Dormer a larger
place... and you young men who are preparing even now to follow the call
of ambition, and turn your back on the old homes--well, let me say this
to you, that if ever you do come back to them it's worth while to come
back to them for their good.... And to do that, you must keep on loving
them while you're away from them; and even if you come back against your
will--and thinking it's all a bitter mistake of Fate or Providence--you
must try to make the best of it, and to make the best of your old town;
and after a while--well, ladies and gentlemen, I give you my recipe for
what it's worth; after a while, I believe you'll be able to say, as I
can say today: 'I'm glad I'm here.
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