man at the gate of his palace spoke out, saying: "O kind king!
Assuming that you are from every point of view so happy, free from every
worry and sadness--do you not worry for us? You say that on your own
account you have no worries--but do you never worry about the poor in your
land? Is it becoming or meet that you should be so well off and we in such
dire want and need? In view of our needs and troubles how can you rest in
your palace, how can you even say that you are free from worries and
sorrows? As a ruler you must not be so egoistic as to think of yourself
alone but you must think of those who are your subjects. When we are
comfortable then you will be comfortable; when we are in misery how can
you, as a king, be in happiness?"

The purport is this that we are all inhabiting one globe of earth. In
reality we are one family and each one of us is a member of this family.
We must all be in the greatest happiness and comfort, under a just rule
and regulation which is according to the good pleasure of God, thus
causing us to be happy, for this life is fleeting.

If man were to care for himself only he would be nothing but an animal for
only the animals are thus egoistic. If you bring a thousand sheep to a
well to kill nine hundred and ninety-nine the one remaining sheep would go
on grazing, not thinking of the others and worrying not at all about the
lost, never bothering that its own kind had passed away, or had perished
or been killed. To look after one's self only is therefore an animal
propensity. It is the animal propensity to live solitary and alone. It is
the animal proclivity to look after one's own comfort. But man was created
to be a man--to be fair, to be just, to be merciful, to be kind to all his
species, never to be willing that he himself be well off while others are
in misery and distress--this is an attribute of the animal and not of man.
Nay, rather, man should be willing to accept hardships for himself in
order that others may enjoy wealth; he should enjoy trouble for himself
that others may enjoy happiness and well-being. This is the attribute of
man. This is becoming of man. Otherwise man is not man--he is less than the
animal.

The man who thinks only of himself and is thoughtless of others is
undoubtedly inferior to the animal because the animal is not possessed of
the reasoning faculty. The animal is excused; but in man there is reason,
the faculty of justice, the faculty of mercifulness. Poss