Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.
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Stern Daughter of the Voice of God.
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And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain.
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The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket.
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