The moment passed by for ever; Eric had listened without objection to foul words, and the irreparable harm was done.
How easy it would have been to speak! With the temptation, God had provided also a way to escape.

Next time it came, it was far harder to resist, and it soon became, to men, impossible.
Ah Eric, Eric! how little we know the moments which decide the destinies of life.

We live on as usual.

The day is a common day, the hour a common hour.

We never thought twice about the change of intention, which by one of the accidents--( accidents!)--of life determined for good or for evil, for happiness or misery, the color of our remaining years.