I know that many will say that there _are_ weightier questions: they say so, but do they think so?
Do we want to know first and foremost whether we shall do our work better elsewhere: whether we shall be endowed with more wisdom: whether, as poor Mr.Reffold said, we shall be glad to behave less like curs, and more like heroes?
These questions come in, but they can be put aside.

The other question can _never_ be put on one side.

If that were to become possible, it would only be so because the human heart had lost the best part of itself, its own humanity.

We shall go on building our bridge between life and death, each one for himself.

When we see that it is not strong enough, we shall break it down and build another.