POET:
Oh, is there none shall set the people free?
TRUTH: Not one.
Freedom dwells in a people's soul. When they desire the light it is here.
POET: Oh, you consenting chattels. When will you understand and look up? Freedom awaits you as a scarlet bird Held between the hands of a tall woman. Ready to fly out and gladden the world.
TRUTH: Words live in acts.
Dreamers exalt, but Doers water with their blood the exaltation.
POET: There is no birth without travail ; Neither shall Freedom be born without anguish.
TRUTH: Dare to be yourself.
POET: The path so steep and Pity persuades aside.
TRUTH: Be pitiless unto greater things.
POET:
I know I should dare to suffer and to make others suffer, Even those I love,
That I may be myself and the Future be greater. Does not each flower and tree insist upon its full
perfection? I am not Nature's only care ; nor any one.
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