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Show " JUST FOLKS "1 By Ec'cmr A. Gnist THOUGHT. Not by ihe deeds which we have dom . The temples reared, for they shall WSS And newer temples he begun. Sbnll we Impresi life's changing mnss; Mir earthly progress must he wrought In the more lasting realm of thought. The history of the world Is' based On many a poople overthrown Whose hope of prrmanrnnce ua.s placed In massive piles of brick and st,-n Yet they went tottering r the hrlnk When humanl.lnd began to think. Thought Is the power which sways us all. And shall un'o the end Of time, Before It every v. rong mut fall. Ami lase beginnings grow sublime; With human though' and human Mill There's no such thing as standing still. Not by our skillful hands snd .strong shall Me escape oblivion's night. BUI as we've upward moved, along In thinking dear and thinking right; We shall grow great as we have taught ur young to brave the reaml of thought. oo |