This is a play on "where mortality is not," above. I shall have no one to turn to for help; and how, without food, shall I ever be able to get there?" "Decrease expenditure Of energy. and lessen desires," answered the philosopher, "and even though without provisions, there will be enough. And then through river and over sea your Highness will travel into shoreless illimitable space. From the border-land, those who act as escort will return; but thence onwards your Highness will travel afar. "It is the human in ourselves which is our hindrance; and the human in others which causes our sorrow. The great Yao had not this human element himself, nor did he perceive it in others. And I would have your Highness put off this hindrance and rid yourself of this sorrow, and roam with TAO alone through the realms of Infinite Nought. "Suppose a boat is crossing a river, and another empty boat is about to collide with it. Even an irritable man would not lose his temper. But supposing there was some one in the second boat. Then the occupant of the first would shout to him to keep clear. And if the other did not hear the first time, nor even when called to three times, bad language would inevitably follow. In the first case there was no anger, in the second there was; because in the first case the boat was empty, and in the second it was occupied. And so it is with man. If he could only roam empty through life, who would be able to injure him?" With his mind in a negative state, closed to all impressions conveyed within by the senses from without. * * * * * Pei Kung Shê, minister to Duke Ling of Wei, levied contributions for making bells. An altar was built outside the city gate; For purposes of sacrifice. and in three months the bells, upper and lower, were all hung. The bell-chime consisted of a frame with bells swung on an upper and lower bar. When Wang Tzŭ Ch'ing Chi Minister to the ruling House of Chou. saw them, he asked, saying, "How, Sir, did you manage this?" "In the domain of ONE," replied Shê, "there may not be managing. I have heard say that which is carved and polished reverts nevertheless to its natural condition. And so I made allowances for ignorance and for suspicion. I betrayed no feeling when welcomed or dismissed. I forbade not those who came, nor detained those who went away. I showed no resentment towards the unwilling, nor gratitude towards those who gave. Every one subscribed what he liked; and thus in my daily collection of subscriptions, no injury was done.--How much more then those who have the great WAY?" If my success was due to the simple principle above enunciated, what a success would result from TAO, which is the infinite extension of such principles into every phase of existence!