But all that was in the past now, along with all the other victories. And in the present, as always, there were larger and larger problems, while full maturity lay forever a little farther on.
Then he smiled slowly at himself. There were problems behind him, too—ones whose solutions made these problems possible. And there would always be victory enough.
What was victory, after all, but the chance to face bigger and bigger problems without fear?
Flannery picked up the phone, and his arms were no longer tired.
THE END