_The Gray Wolf_. I gave up on it not long after reading this passage of omniscient musing in one of the stories, which was so contrary to my way of thinking that I just couldn't go on.

"And may it not be believed of many human beings, that, the great Husbandman having sown them like seeds in the soil of human affairs, there they lie buried a life long; and only after the upturning of the soil by death, reach a position in which the awakening of their aspiration and the consequent growth become possible. Surely He has made nothing in vain."