eleven o'clock
They had , it is true , a fine and delicate brain , on which they played with great skill ; but half the artists of the world are great as artists , simply because they do not care . They perceive and they express ; but they would not have the heart to do it at all , if they really cared . Some of them , no doubt , were men of great hearts , and they have their place and work . But to claim to see all the highest spirits together is as absurd as if you called on a doctor in London at eleven o'clock and expected to meet all the great physicians at his house , intent on general conversation . Some of the great people , indeed , you have met , and they were very simple persons on earth . The greatest person you have hitherto seen was a butler on earth -- the master of your College . And if it does not shock your aristocratic susceptibilities too much , the President of this place kept a small shop in a country village .