About Margaret Deland: Margaret Deland is generally considered part of the literary realism movement.
Conscience that isn't hitched up to common sense is a mighty dangerous thing.
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
Convictions do not imply reasons.
A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
