less than a bliss

We are tempted to simplify.
physicists explore the field theory,
and politicians condense a mesh of social and economical arrangement into a slogan.
but nobody does as brilliantly as Andersen.
so convincingly did he elevate a pure heart above countless difficulties that we almost believe in the inconquerability of kindness.
He travelled worldwide, saw the sky, the land, and the waters.
what does happiness mean to a bachelor rejected by his goddess, a writer unrecognized by his literature idols?