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BY DOROTHY o ’NIEL.
N T IL th e soul of m an has tille d th e H e ld ;
U E x p erien ced th e fu ll a lp h a b e t of life;
H as joyed and sorrow ed, fo u g h t a n d le a rn e d to y ield;
He c a n n o t hope to lead a p e rfe c t life.
T he w orld is b u t a c ircle c u t from space;
H u m a n ity , stro n g g e rm in á is c lip p ed from tim e ;
L ig h t, color, so u n d a n d o d o r hold th e ir place,
E ach s c a tte re d n o te e sse n tia l to th e rhym e.
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THE SONO OF THE UNIVERSE.
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T h e re ’s p e rfe ct o rd e r in th is g ia n t scale;
N o th in g re m a in s u n fin ish e d , in co m p le te .
W ith one n o te less th e sy m p h o n y w ould fail,
E ach fra c tio n falls at u n iv e rsa l beat.
O u r e a rth ro lls on, fu ll m ea su re a n d fu ll w eight
Of lan d a n d w ater, open space a n d h ill.
T he low, wide p lain c o m p le te s th e m o u n ta in ’s sh ap e;
R ivers e m p ty th e ocean w hich th e y fill.
T he fo rest weighs its e lf a g a in st th e ro ck ;
T he clo u d s lock forces in th e u p p e r a ir;
T he ra in d ro p s lessen w ind a n d th u n d e r shock;
A nd d a rk n e ss is p itte d ’g a in s t th e s u n ’s fierce g lare.
O u r m usic is a lan g u ag e w ith o u t w ords,
E n ch ain ed v ib ra tio n s , fo cu sin g e a r th ’s wheel.
L ife echoes every so u n d th a t we have h e a rd ,
B e tra y in g th u s e m o tio n s th a t we feel.
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th o u s h a l t s to n e h e r w ith
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tim e s r a t h e r w o rs h ip t h e s u n t h a n
a G«»d w ho w o u ld m a k e s u c h a law
o r g i v e e u c h a c o m m a n d . T h is y o u
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l e s t a m e n t — w h a t is th e d o c tr in e of
th e N ew ?
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SOCIOLOGY—
Civilization— Developed Feudalism.
BY F. H. GIDDINGS, PROFESSOR OF SOCI­
OLOGY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
(F ro m “ E le m e u ts of S o cio lo g y .” )
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o r g a n i z a t i o n , w h ic h a r o s e b e fo re th e
e th n o t s h a ll he d a m n e d .”
m ig r a tio n , d e v e lo p s in to t h a t t e r r i ­
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It ta k e s seven p erfect n o te s to c o m p lete a to n e ;
th e s t r i c t l y t r ib a l la u d s a ls o t e n d s
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in co lo rs seven, lig h t gives us p rim a l hue;
c o n t i n u a l l y to in c r e a s e . I f , fo r a
W ith seven seeds th e e a rth a t first was sow n;
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A nd seven p la n e ts ru led th e m as th e y grew .
t : w o rd s in v e n te d all th e i n s t r u m e n t s lo n g p e r io d , th e s t a t e of s o c ie ty is
T h e re ’s no v ib ra tio n in all o u te r sp ace
u n s e ttle d , t r i b a l l a n d s b e co m e fiefs
B ut finds resp o n se w ith in th e S o u l of m an;
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W ith each n o te b len d s h a rm o n io u s his grace,
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I n d ia b e tte r t h a n th e r e lig io n
f e u d a lis m , w e a lth in la n d s p la y a
V<»1. 7.
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m o re i m p o r t a n t p a r t t h a n w e a lth in
s to n e s till th e y d i e .”
to k ill h e r, a n d th e m e rc ifu l M o st
c a ttle ; a n d fo r t h i s r e a s o n f e u d a l ­
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ism is o fte n d e s c r ib e d a s a s y s te m
lie v e in a n y m e rc ifu l M o st H i g h — lo v e d h a d s a i d ; “ L e t u s w o r s h ip th e
B E L I E V E in t h e G o s p e l „ f l u ' l a o d W n o re - S t r i c t l y . p e a k i n g .
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I b e lie v e in t h e G o a p el of I n t e l l i - in th e h e r e d i t a r y c h a r a c t e r of t h e
to be s a v e d , I w ill ta k e m y p a r t s u n t h a t c o v e rs th e tr e e s w ith
le a v e s , t h a t c a r p e ts t h e e a r t h w ith g e n c e .
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jo y f u lly in p e r d itio n . L e t m e re a d
g r a s s a n d a d o r n s t h e w o rld w ith a b le of r a is in g m a n k in d . I n t e l l i - ( a s w a s t h e p o w e r o f m a r a u d i n g
y o u a few m o re e x tr a c t s fro m th e
flo w e rs ; I a d o r e th e s u n b e c a u se in g e n c e m u s t be th e S a v io r of t h i s c h ie f ta i n s in l a t e r t r i b a l d a y s , t h e
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h g i o n ; a n d n o god c a n p u t i n t o i t h e u l t i m a t e
h e ll, in a n o t h e r w o rld , a m a n w h o
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s h a l t t h o u c o n c e a l h e r.
of h e a v e n , w h ic h I h a v e n o t c o m -
So I believe in this great G ospel
m anded;
“ B u t th o u s h a l t s u r e ly k ill h e r:
of H umanity .—[Dresden Edition,
II ‘A n d it be to ld th e e , a n d t h o u
t h y h a n d s h a l l be th e firs t u p o n h e r Vol. 1.
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possessions.
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