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And that the utmost wealth can buy 



Of culture, education, 

 May well be his, who wealth creates. 



To "feed the hungry nation." 



They mean the world, as well as they 



Shall honor their vocation ; 

 Their children yet become the peers, 



Of any in the nation. 



Fulfillment of these hopes, they deem 

 Our Order's glorious mission ; 



Nor poet's fancj' does it need, 

 Nor seer's prophetic vision. 



To see within the advancing years 

 Their full and sure fruition ; 



If, more than prejudice or pride. 

 Or even wealth's enhancement; 



We love the welfare of our class, 

 Their honor and advancement ; 



And swift to see and prompt to meet 



The duty of the hour, 

 "We wisely, justly, firmly use 



Our self-protecting power. 



I would that something more of zeal, 



Of living vital order 

 Inspired in all our hearts, to-day 



New fealty to our Order. 



That casting from our hearts all thought 

 Of narrow self that blinds us, 



We here might see how strong a bond, 

 Of common interest binds us. 



And re-resolve, henceforth, to make 



This mightjr power, a lever 

 That from their servitude to wrongs, 



Shall lift our class forever. 



