[Illustration: "_If I live a little longer, I should like it in
buckets._"]
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the celebrated American writer, said that when
he was young he liked his praises in teaspoonfuls. When he got a
little older he liked them in tablespoonfuls, and later on in ladles.
I think I have had a good ladleful this afternoon. If I live a little
longer, I should like it in buckets.
_Cardiff,
September 14th, 1897._