8 the protagonist in disguise admits that he doesn’t want to be an emperor. He urges men to help one another – “Jew, Gentile, black man, white” – and live by each other’s happiness, without distinctions.I find this a truly wonderful message, and heartily endorse it.
Chaplin’s amazing work has indeed often been an inspiration in my life, and particularly for what of it I poured into this book.
I believe envy to be a pointless feeling: it is not by hating others that we improve ourselves, it is not destroying others that we will find happiness; nothing would in fact bring less satisfaction.
When the protagonist envisions nature as a benevolent mother, he reminds his audience how free and beautiful life can be. Maybe we really have forgotten this. I have, for instance. Having moved several
