text:  In my memory it is true much was preserved: but to what end did this serve? Does the hawk understand why the hood is put on his head? Does the steed understand why they shoe him? Did I understand why in one place mountains are necessary in another steppes here eternal snows there oceans of sand? Why storms and earthquakes were necessary? And thou most wondrous being Man! it never has entered my head to follow thee from thy cradle suspended on a wandering mule to that magnificent city which I have never seen and which I am enchanted merely to have heard of!