Now, my father, as I told you last year, detested all this --He pick'd up an opinion, Sir, as a man in a state of nature picks up an apple. --It becomes his own--and if he is a man of spirit, he would lose his life rather than give it up.

Now, my father, as I told you, Sir, picked up an opinion as a man picks up an apple. - It becomes his own - and if he is a man of spirit, he would lose his life rather than give it up.
