86. IF WE COULD CHOOSE
“If it were possible, I should choose,” said young Hopeful, “a life double as long.”
“Yes,” said old Sobersides, “and you might turn it to better account if it was also begun old.”
How did their actual words bear this out?
“If it were possible, I should choose,” said young Hopeful, “a life double as long.”
“Yes,” said old Sobersides, “and you might turn it to better account if it was also begun old.”
How did their actual words bear this out?