A King in the East said to his Minister; "Do you believe in luck?"  
"I do," said the Minister.
 
"Can you prove it?" said the King.
 
"Yes, I can," said the Minister.
 
So one night he tied up to the ceiling of a room a parcel containing peas mixed with diamonds, and let in two men, one of whom believed in luck and the other in human effort alone. The former quietly laid himself down on the ground; the latter after a series of efforts reached the parcel, and feeling in the dark the peas and the stones, ate the............