The crowd mistrusts the allurement of paladins. The masses, ponderous bodies that they are, and fragile on account of their very heaviness, fear adventure; and there is adventure in the ideal.

“Let us be like a bird for a moment perched On a frail branch when he sings;Thou…”

“Maintenant je suis captif. Mon corps est aux fers dans un cachot, mon esprit es…”

“It is a shame that I am ignorant, otherwise I would quote to you a mass of thin…”

“If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this …”