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"It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready made from the hands of opportunity; and that was the lawyer's way. His friends were those of his own blood, or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object."

i remember miss charlotte telling me that a man "smushes" a kid in the road in this book and I laugh each time