What Ought A Man Be? Well, My

The Majority Never Has Right On Its Side.

It Is Not By Spectacular Achievements That Man Can Be Transformed, But By Will.

It Is Not For A Care-free Existence I Am Fighting, But For The Possibility Of Devoting Myself To The Task Which I Believe And Know Has Been Laid Upon Me By God -- The Work Which Seems To Me More Important And Needful In Norway Than Any Other, That Of Arousing The Nation And Leading It To Think Great Thoughts.

I Must Make Up My Mind Which Is Right – Society Or I.

Ah, I Fancy It Is Just The Same With Most Of What You Call Your Emancipation. You Have Read Yourself Into A Number Of New Ideas And Opinions. You Have Got A Sort Of Smattering Of Recent Discoveries In Various Fields - Discoveries That Seem To Overthrow Certain Principles Which Have Hitherto Been Held Impregnable And Unassailable. But All This Has Only Been A Matter Of Intellect, Miss West - Superficial Acquisition. It Has Not Passed Into Your Blood.