Part 1
In most cases, what else is the familiar use of the word "I"... if not a symbol used in conversations to represent one's identification with a state of either pride or self-pity?
Part 2
There are some things in this world of passing time, governed -- as it is -- by the opposites -- that cannot grow up side-by-side; for example, by their nature lion and lamb never lay down together. So it is with love and self-pride: for love of self denies obedience... while love demands it.