But we are not forbidden to hope for others.

Those who are now gone were guilty of a terrible crime; but then they were tempted more than their flesh could bear; and they received their punishment here on earth.

We may therefore hope they will escape punishment hereafter.

And it is for us to profit by their fate, and bow to Heaven's will.

Even when they drew their knives, food in plenty was within their reach, and the signs of wind were on the sea, and of rain in the sky.