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0UR NEXT-D00R NEIGHB0R. Why is it that almost all philanthropistsand reformers are disagreeable?

I ought to explain whom our next-entrance neighbor is. He is the personwho comes in without knocking, drops in in the most natural way, ashis wife does also, and not seldom in time to take the after-dinnercup of tea before the fire. Formal society begins as soon as youlock your entrances, and only admit visitors through the media of bellsand servants. It is lucky for us that our next-entrance neighbor ishonest.

THE PARS0N. Why do you class reformers and philanthropists together?Those usually called reformers are not philanthropists at all. Theyare agitators. Finding the world disagreeable to themselves, theywish to make it as unpleasant to others as possible.