But people with an interest in
fundamental truth inquire for themselves into the constitution of
the cosmos; if they are convinced one way, they become what we call
theologians; if they are convinced the other way, they become what
we call free-thinkers. Interest in the problem is common to both;
it's the nature of the solution alone that differs in the two
cases."
"That's quite true," Alan assented. "And have you ever noticed
this curious corollary, that you and I can talk far more
sympathetically with an earnest Catholic, for example, or an
earnest Evangelical, than we can talk with a mere ordinary worldly
person."
"Oh dear, yes," Herminia answered with conviction. "Thought will
always sympathize with thought. It's the unthinking mass one can
get no further with."
Alan changed the subject abruptly. This girl so interested him.
She was the girl he had imagined, the girl he had dreamt of, the
girl he had thought possible, but never yet met with. "And you're
in lodgings on the Holmwood here?" he said, musing. "For how much
longer?"
"For, six weeks, I'm glad to say," Herminia answered, rising.
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