"But is it not a true one?"
"Perhaps so."
"Very well. Now if we are seeking to be truly great, let us imitate Him who made us and all the glorious things by which we are surrounded. He that would be chief among you, said the Lord to his disciples, let him be your servant. Even He washed his disciples' feet."
"Yes, but Harvey, I do not profess to be governed by religious principle. I only account myself a moral man."
"But there cannot be any true morality without religion."
"That is a new doctrine."
"I think not. It seems to me to be as old as the Divine Word of God. To be truly moral is to regard others as well as ourselves in all our actions. And this we can never do apart from the potency and life of a religious principle."
"But what do you mean by a religious principle?"
"I mean a principle of pure love to the Lord, united with an unselfish love to our neighbour, flowing out in a desire to do him good."
"But no man can have these. It is impossible for any one to feel the unselfish love of which you speak."