thing when we come to the mere accomplishments. To deride all the
refined attainments of human skill denotes ignorance of the means of
human happiness, nor is it any evidence of acquaintance with the
intricate machinery of social greatness and a lofty civilization. These
gradations in attainments are inseparable from civilized society, and if
the skill of the ingenious and laborious is indispensable to a solid
foundation, without the tastes and habits of the refined and cultivated, it
never can be graceful or pleasing.

{exparte = should be "ex parte"--one-sided (Latin)}

Eudosia had some indistinct glimmerings of this fact, though it was not
often that she came to sound and discriminating decisions even in
matters less complicated. In the present instance she saw this truth only
by halves, and that, too, in its most commonplace aspect, as will appear
by the remark she made on the occasion.

"Then, Clara, as to the PRICE I have paid for this handkerchief," she
said, "you ought to remember what the laws of political economy lay
down on such subjects. I suppose your Pa makes you study political
economy, my dear?"

"Indeed he does not. I hardly know what it means."

"Well, that is singular; for Pa says, in this age of the world, it is the only
way to be rich. Now, it is by means of a trade in lots, and political
economy, generally, that he has succeeded so wonderfully; for, to own
the truth to you, Clara, Pa hasn't always been rich."

"No?" answered Clara, with a half-suppressed smile, she knowing the