Because the latter had no means to cure chapped hands.—Tr.
“The stranger was rewarded with a fief and a title.Thus while the efficiency of the salve to cure the chapped hands was in both cases the same，yet here it secured him a title，there，nothing more than a capacity for washing silk.This was because its application was different.Now you，sir，have this five-bushel calabash；why did you not make of it a large bottle gourd，by means of which you could float in rivers and lakes？Instead of this，you were sorry that it was useless for holding anything.I think your mind is rather wooly.”