And, furthermore, how could they kill him who was the chosen of gods and doomed to greatness? - Stephen Crane

A man feared that he might find an assassin;
Another that he might find a victim.
One was more wise than the other.

But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and moon were about to clash, many persons would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.

If I should cast off this tattered coat,
And go free into the mighty sky;
If I should find nothing there
But a vast blue,
Echoless, ignorant — What then?