Michelahe artist Michelangelo often stirred up the opposi? tion of the te**orary artists of his day. Many of themenvied his magnifit abilities. One exa**le was thearchitect Julius retained Michelao build him asplendid tomb. Michelangelo gladly accepted the projed spe months in a marble pit personallycutting aing the mos t perfect stones. Wheurned， he found the Pope had sed thoughts. Bra? mante had turned Pope Julius against the project. ThePope celled the idea for another special projeteredthe Pope’ s mind. Bramante saw the project as a timeing trap for which there would be little publicreition. Bramante reended Michelangelo forthe great a rtist saw the trap. He knew what Bra? mao. He wished to turn the project down butdid not want to refuse the Pope’ s request. So Michel? angelo went to work. He spent many years doing theslow and tedious labor the project required. It was theSistine inspiration that flowed through Michelangelo likewise flow through any human being. That iswhat the inspiration wants to do. It ot be stopped. Itis a living， powerful river that easily circumvents allobstac***.Michelangelo collected his inner forces for a ? plete victory. Likewise， we must not fear to face thetrickery of some people and expose it for what it is. Thisis not ive， but intelligent prote and his many books on inner deve lopment， authorVernon Howard refers to Michelangelo several times. Hequotes him as saying， “ The more the marble wastes，the more the statue grows. ” And， “ I released thestatue from the stone.” He chiseled away all that wasunnecessary， and David emerged.热词空间pope n. ［ the P－］ （ ***） 教皇， 罗马主教proje. 方案； 项目； 工程vt. 发shè， 放映； 伸出chapel n. （ 学校、医院等处的） 小教堂， 祈祷室circumvent v. 用计谋战胜， 规避 （本章完）