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With proposals for exchanging, 



Turn away in silent sorrow ; 



Sorrow, that a trading spirit 



Should poUute a mind where Science 



Once appeared ahout to nestle ; 



Silent, because words are wanting 



To express thy better feeling 



To the ears of one so hardened. 



This sad practice of exchanging, 



And dishonest bargainmaking, 



Is the plaguespot of the science, 



And the soulcramp of exchangers. 



Give ; thou canst not give too freely ; 



Giving is so great a pleasure 



That the giver is the gainer. 



But not only this : the giver 



Eeaps, in kind, an ample measure : 



Those who doubt this truth should test it 



By munificently giving. 



But in learning or instructing. 

 In receiving or in giving, 

 In that intercourse with mankind 

 Into which the path of Science 

 Must inevitably lead thee, 

 Must most innocentty lead thee, 

 Mind in all things let the conscience, 

 Planted in thy breast by Heaven, 

 Be thy rule and guide of conduct. 



