"And when Miss Temple teaches you，do your thoughts wander then?"

"No，certainly，not often: because Miss Temple has generally something to say which is newer than my own reflections; her language is singularly agreeable to me，and the information she municates is often just what I wished to gain."

"Well，then，with Miss Temple you are good?"

"Yes，in a passive way: I make no effort; I follow as inclination guides me. There is no merit in such goodness."

"A great deal: you are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust，the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid，and so they would never alter，but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason，we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should- so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again."

"You will change your mind，I hope，when you grow older: as yet you are but a little untaught girl."

"But I feel this，Helen; I must dislike those who，whatever I do to please them，persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection，or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved."

"Heathens and savage tribes hold that doctrine，but Christians and civilised nations disown it."