Andersons (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Andersons "You can be too conscientious," said Flora, speaking with conviction and a sigh. Her aunt gave her the necessary reproof which her age, her sternly Scottish religion, and her relationship to the younger woman demanded; but there was a certain sense of indulgence, not to say broad-minded humanity, with which, sniffing slightly, she added: "Girls must have their chances." "There's many girls with not half my principles have married before me," said Flora, a strong flavour of conceit mingling with her resentful tone. "I never knew principles had anything to do with it," replied Miss Anderson. She was a lady in whom beliefs and experiences contrasted oddly; she accepted idealism as she accepted the Westminister Confession of Faith; but the Declaratory Act had been a relief to her conscience, and an aspect of truth which might embrace matter was necessary to her view of daily life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.