The will, we are learning, has a list of dressing-room demands as long as that of the most egotistical celebrity. It must not be over-worked. It must have only happiness and light around it. And, as we have just discovered, it must feel beloved and cherished at all times. What is more, although under trying and difficult circumstances it may valiantly cry that ‘the show must go on!’, the will’s attempts to rise above adversity are often rather unsuccessful.
"Often rather unsuccessful" is a Very weak conclusion compared to the suggestion at the beginning of this sentence that we are all petulant self-obsessed prima donnas. Sure, we frequently fall short of the mark, but what's so remarkable about that? The authir's tone seems to suggest tgat by tge use of rigorous unflinching scientific method, psychology has allowed us at last to see throughhumanity's web of lies about itself, but in fact these truths have been observed for millenia, haven't they??
