"And conquer also, perhaps?" "You can do it," he replied and he looked at him fixedly.
"O man insulted and outraged,
To-day you can wash away your shame and rise from your baseness and give the lie to the name they have bestowed upon you!"
These words were repeated and often he who heard them
Did not forget them, but, leaving his wife alone in her bed to weep,
He paced all night the floor of his room, pondering this question,
"If I try, why cannot I?"
Until a little phrase, full of a sense of strength,
Impinged upon his consciousness: "I can!"
The First Watcher: It is astonishing! It is utterly astonishing! I did not believe what they told me.