the head of his statue with stones. The emperor lifted
his hands to his head, saying: “It is very surprising, but
I don't feel hurt in the least.” [10]
We should remember that the world is wide; that there
are a thousand million different human wills, opinions,
ambitions, tastes, and loves; that each person has a differ-
ent history, constitution, culture, character, from all the
rest; that human life is the work, the play, the ceaseless [15]
action and reaction upon each other of these different
atoms. Then, we should go forth into life with the smallest