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OUR COMMON BROTHERHOOD.
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And though I went my way with eyelids wet
For grief of one whom I had never met,
Because his day so soon was ended, yet

I turned my face up Heavenward again,
Believing human love is not in vain;
And, moved and softened by the sudden strain

Of fellowship, I touched the larger mood
Of universal love, and understood
The passion of our common brotherhood.