She laughed and sang to the beautiful world about her, and in return all nature seemed to smile on her. […] Want and famine took the place of wealth and plenty throughout the world. […] what would the world be to us     If the children were no more? […] Hercules was, in fact, the strongest man of whom the world has any record. […] He had killed the creature he loved most in all the world, and his grief was sad to see.