You can't see it in that light perhaps.

But try to imagine for a moment that Bella had been your sister--' 'That is confusing the point at issue,' Rhoda exclaimed irritably.
'Have I ever denied the force of such feelings?
My grief would have blinded me to all larger considerations, of course.

But she was happily _not_ my sister, and I remained free to speak the simple truth about her case.

It isn't personal feeling that directs a great movement in civilization.

If you were right, I also was right.