He was ashamed of such a thought, and, putting it aside, sought for an
explanation.
"Life is conflict."
"Yes, but conflict for whom, if not for one's self, for one's own place
in the sun?"
Thus spake a voice within. Yourii affected not to hear it and strove to
think of something else. But his mind reverted to this thought without
ceasing; it tormented him even to bitter tears.