I would give no credence to them if they lacked information as to one only.

If somebody introduced a fair person and told us he was the fairest of all men, we should not believe that, unless we knew that he had seen all the people in the world.

Fair he might be; but, fairest of all--none could [161] know, unless he had seen all.

And we too desire, not a fair one, but the fairest of all.
Unless we find him, we shall think we have failed.

It is no casual beauty that will content us; what we are seeking after is that supreme beauty which must of necessity be unique.
-- What then is one to do, if the matter be really thus?
Perhaps you know better than I.