in general.  The Man contended that he and his fellows were stronger than 

lions by reason of their greater intelligence. "Come now with me," he cried, 

"and I will soon prove that I am right."  So he took him into the public 

gardens and showed him a statue of Hercules overcoming the Lion and 

tearing his mouth in two.

     "That is all very well," said the Lion, "but proves nothing, for it was a 

man who made the statue."

     We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.