We didn't have to buy no great of groceries, for we could spin and knit by fire-light, and, part of the land bein' piny woods, we had a good lot of knots that were as bright as lamps for all we wanted.

I tell you always, Josephine, that these are the foolish phrases of mediocre people who wish to fetter the great.

"I love the old greats," she said.