"No!" said Mr. Hale; "don't let us be personal in our catechism. You are neither of you representative men; you are each of you too individual for that."
"I am not sure whether to consider that as a compliment or not. I should like to be the representative of Oxford, with its beauty and its learning, and its proud old history. What do you say, Margaret; ought I to be flattered?"
"I don't know Oxford. But there is a difference between being the representative of a city and the representative man of its inhabitants."
"Very true, Miss Margaret. Now I remember, you were against me this morning, and were quite Miltonian and manufacturing in your preferences."

'No!' said Mr. Hale; 'don't let us be personal in our catechism. You are each of you too individual to represent a city.'
'I am not sure whether to consider that as a compliment or not,' said Mr. Bell. 'I should like to be the representative of Oxford, with its beauty and its learning, and its proud history. What do you say, Margaret; ought I to be flattered?'
'I don't know Oxford. But there is a difference between being the representative of a city and the representative man of its inhabitants.'
'Very true, Miss Margaret. Now I remember, you were against me this morning, and were quite Miltonian in your preferences.' 