But that is at forty; then⁠—oh, then it would have been different! I should have found for myself a form of activity in keeping with it, to be precise, drinking to the health of everything “good and beautiful.” I should have snatched at every opportunity to drop a tear into my glass and then to drain it to all that is “good and beautiful.” I should then have turned everything into the good and the beautiful; in the nastiest, unquestionable trash, I should have sought out the good and the beautiful. I should have exuded tears like a wet sponge. An artist, for instance, paints a picture worthy of Gay. At once I drink to the health of the artist who painted the picture worthy of Gay, because I love all that is “good and beautiful.” An author has written “

As you will ”: at once I drink to the health of “anyone you will” because I love all that is “good and beautiful.”