It may be that his early death, during the great plague of 1350, at the siege of Gibraltar, only averted a desperate struggle with his legitimate son, though it was a misfortune in that it removed a ruler of eminent capacity, who understood his subjects well enough not to go too far.
On the other hand, we may go too far in the opposite direction, as Hamilton did in proposing the universal quantification of the predicate.
Unlike house, you can go too far and it will become cheesy.
The episode had a deadening effect on Helen Keller and on Miss Sullivan, who feared that she had allowed the habit of imitation, which has in truth made Miss Keller a writer, to go too far.
We just hope she does n't go too far in her bid to become a yummy mommy !