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"Life," said my father, in his most dogmatical tone, "is a certain quantity in time, which may be regarded in two ways, -- First, as life integral; Second, as life fractional. Life integral is that complete whole expressive of a certain value, large or small, which each man possesses in himself. Life fractional is that same whole seized upon and invaded by other people, and subdivided amongst them. They who get a large slice of it say, 'A very valuable life this! ' Those who get but a small handful say, 'So, so; nothing very great! ' Those who get none of it in the scramble exclaim, 'Good for nothing!"
"I don't understand a word you are saying," growled Captain Roland.