Not valuing now the root whence it sprang; having found that it was of a sort which nothing but gold dust could manure, I have but half a liking to the blossom, especially when it looks so artificial as just now. I keep it and rear it rather on the Roman Catholic principle of expiating numerous sins, great or small, by one good work.
Un poco artificial, pero a la que me siento obligado, acaso en virtud de ese principio de los católicos que procuran expiar sus pecados haciendo alguna buena obra.