“‘Does it weary you?’ he asked.
“‘A little,’ I replied, bending a little in my hands, ‘but I could hold out for an hour or so longer.’
“‘No, no, I will not allow it; the willing fellows will make it a duty to support your arms, as of old, men supported those of the prophet.
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“‘Very good,’ I answered.
“‘That will not be humiliating to you?’
“‘My friend,’ said I, ‘there is, I think, a great difference between being supported and being measured.’“
“The distinction is full of the soundest sense,”