The whole little society entered into this laudable design, according to their different abilities. Their little plot of land produced plentiful crops…. Pangloss sometimes said to Candide: "There is a concatenation of events in this best of all possible worlds: for if you had not been kicked out of a magnificent castle for love of Miss Cunegonde: if you had not been put into the Inquisition: if you had not walked over America: if you had not stabbed the Baron: if you had not lost all your sheep from the fine country of El Dorado: you would not be here eating preserved citrons and pistachio-nuts." "Excellently observed," answered Candide, "but let us cultivate our garden." -Voltaire