I don't see how any human being--man or woman, single or married--can help being glad to be alive under any conditions.
It is such a glorious thing to have a soul and a body, and to get the most out of them.

Just from the purely selfish point of view, it seems to me a delight to live; and when you look at it from a higher point, and think how much each human being can do for those around him, why, then it is sublime.

Look at Parson Dorrance, Lizzy! Just think of the sum of the happiness that man has created in this world! He isn't lonely.

He couldn't think of such a thing." "Yes, he is, too,--I know he is," said Lizzy, impetuously.

"The very way he takes up my children and hugs them and kisses them shows that he longs for a home and children of his own." "I think not," replied Mercy.