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His classification of human employments was rather crude , and , like the categories of more celebrated men , would not be acceptable in these advanced times . He divided them into “ business , politics , preaching , learning , and amusement . ” He had nothing to say against the last four ; but he regarded them as a reverential pagan regarded other gods than his own . In the same way , he thought very well of all ranks , but he would not himself have liked to be of any rank in which he had not such close contact with “ business ” as to get often honorably decorated with marks of dust and mortar , the damp of the engine , or the sweet soil of the woods and fields . Though he had never regarded himself as other than an orthodox Christian , and would argue on prevenient grace if the subject were proposed to him , I think his virtual divinities were good practical schemes , accurate work , and the faithful completion of undertakings : his prince of darkness was a slack workman . But there was no spirit of denial in Caleb , and the world seemed so wondrous to him that he was ready to accept any number of systems , like any number of firmaments , if they did not obviously interfere with the best land - drainage , solid building , correct measuring , and judicious boring ( for coal ) . In fact , he had a reverential soul with a strong practical intelligence . But he could not manage finance : he knew values well , but he had no keenness of imagination for monetary results in the shape of profit and loss : and having ascertained this to his cost , he determined to give up all forms of his beloved “ business ” which required that talent . He gave himself up entirely to the many kinds of work which he could do without handling capital , and was one of those precious men within his own district whom everybody would choose to work for them , because he did his work well , charged very little , and often declined to charge at all . It is no wonder , then , that the Garths were poor , and “ lived in a small way . ” However , they did not mind it . CHAPTER XXV . “ Love seeketh not itself to please , Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell’s despair . . . . . . . . Love seeketh only self to please , To bind another to its delight , Joys in another’s loss of ease , And builds a hell in heaven’s despite . ” — W . BLAKE : Songs of Experience . Fred Vincy wanted to arrive at Stone Court when Mary could not expect him , and when his uncle was not downstairs : in that case she might be sitting alone in the wainscoted parlor . He left his horse in the yard to avoid making a noise on the gravel in front , and entered the parlor without other notice than the noise of the door - handle . Mary was in her usual corner , laughing over Mrs . Piozzi’s recollections of Johnson , and looked up with the fun still in her face . It gradually faded as she saw Fred approach her without speaking , and stand before her with his elbow on the mantel - piece , looking ill . She too was silent , only raising her eyes to him inquiringly . “ Mary , ” he began , “ I am a good - for - nothing blackguard . ” “ I should think one of those epithets would do at a time , ” said Mary , trying to smile , but feeling alarmed .
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