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There must be refuge! Men
Perished in winter winds till one smote fire
From flint stones coldly hiding what they held,
The red spark treasured from the kindling sun;
They gorged on flesh like wolves, till one sowed corn,
Which grew a weed, yet makes the life of man;
They mowed and babbled till some tongue struck speech,
And patient fingers framed the lettered sound.
What good gift have my brothers, but it came
From search and strife and loving sacrifice!Edwin Arnold.
Never yet
Share of Truth was vainly set
In the world’s wide fallow ;
After hands shall sow the seed,
After hands, from hill and mead,
Reap the harvests yellow.Whittier.
