"And because they didn't eat pork they believed in one true God!" exclaimed Marjorie, indignantly. "I don't like his book, Miss Prudence."
"Neither do I. And we need not read it, even if he did study twenty-two thousand books and Johnson's Dictionary to help him write it."
"Why didn't he study Webster?" asked Linnet.
"Can't you think and tell me?"
"No."
"Can you not, Marjorie?"
"Because he was English, I suppose, and Johnson wrote the English
Dictionary and Webster the American."
"An Irish lady told me the other day that Webster was no authority. I wish I could tell you all about Johnson; I love him, admire him, and pity him."
Marjorie laughed and squeezed Miss Prudence's hand. "Don't you wish you could tell us about every body and every thing, Miss Prudence?"
"And then help you use the knowledge. I am glad of your question, Marjorie, 'What did Mr. Buckle do with his knowledge?' If I should learn a new thing this week and not use it next week I should feel guilty."