781. I said, moreover, that in heaven are gathered together all from the first creation, thus it is the greatest of all societies in which those who are well known can be, and with whom indeed they can hold interaction with pleasantness and delight, without anyone desiring for any reason whatever to be greater than another, but rather less in his own estimation. Thus there is no comparison between renown in heaven and renown on earth, especially among men who know nothing as to what is good and heavenly - as there is no comparison between glory in the world and glory in heaven. Being thus persuaded, they affirmed this, because they perceived from the Lord that it is so. 1748, Feb. 15.