Why, in some respects, he's as ignorant and inexperienced as a child.

Very one-sided affair still, I fear, that soul of his!" "One-sided, papa ?" "Yes: don't believe it would carry him very far toward heaven, as it is now," said the old gentleman, whose severity of judgment was cultivated in this instance as a preservative against possible disappointment.

"He needs melting in a crucible." "What does that mean ?" "If you weren't a wise little woman, as I said, I shouldn't be talking about my pupil's character and management with you, my dear.

But I can trust you as well as if you were forty;" and here he gave her another little hug, which made Sophie feel like a receiver of stolen goods.
"Well, now, theorizing won't do a young fellow like that much good.

He needs something real--that he can take hold of, and that'll take hold of him.