Milman has told us how Pope John XXI, bursting into exultant
laughter as he entered for the first time that noble chamber
which he had built for himself at Viterbo, is crusht by its
avenging roof, which that instant comes down on his head.
And thus it is true, in a deeper sense, that many a triumph
crushes and extinguishes all that is noblest in him who has
won it. Doubtless, failure and defeat are bitter, but hardest
of all to bear are not our losses but our victories.--Bishop
POTTER, _Scribner’s Magazine_.
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