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There was little chance in those days at Lucerne for me to be
alone with papa The opportunities we had we both enjoyed
highly Now and then mamma would be late for breakfast, or
even take hers in bed; once in a while go out to a visit froether and had a
good time One of these chances occurred a few days after the
news ca, and papa had been watching me a little while in
silence
"Daisy," he began, "a? It seems to me that you do not
look upon matters at home with just the eye that the rest of
us have for the
troubled
"You do not like the war"
"Papa, - do you?"
"Yes I think our countryht, and of course I wish
that they should have their rights"
"Papa," said I, "don't you think it
reasons that can justify so dreadful a thing as a war?"
"Undoubtedly; but the preservation of liberty is one of the
strongest that can be conceived"