“And themselves, Haik, also; they are a remarkable people, and, though their original habitation is the Mountain of Ararat, they are to be found, like the Jews, all over the world.”
“Well!”
“Well, father, that’s all I can tell you about Haiks, or Armenians.”
“And what does it all amount to?”
“Very little, father; indeed, there is very little known about the Armenians; their early history, in particular, is involved in considerable mystery.”
“And, if you knew all that it was possible to know about them, to what would it amount? to what earthly purpose could you turn it? have you acquired any knowledge of your profession?”
“Very little, father.”
“Very little! Have you acquired all in your power?”
“I can’t say that I have, father.”
“And yet it was your duty to have done so. But I see how it is, you have shamefully misused your opportunities; you are like one, who, sent into the field to labour, passes his time in flinging stones at the birds of heaven.”