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Piety and Natural Science.
Had ye the power, O ye dreamers,
to grasp your ideals completely,
Certainly you would revere
Nature, for that is her due.
Had ye, philistines, the power,
to conceive the great whole of all nature,
Surely your path could but lead
up to ideal domains.
Natur und Vernunft.
Wär't ihr, Schwärmer, im Stande,
die Ideale zu fassen,
O so verehrtet ihr auch,
wie sich's gebührt, die Natur.
Wär't ihr, Philister, im Stand,
die Natur im Grossen zu sehen,
Sicher führte sie selbst
euch zu Ideen empor.
