Appendix N 



ALTRUISM 



The God of things that are 



Is the God of the highest heaven; 

 The God of die morning star, 



Of the thrush that sings at even; 

 The God of the storm and sunshine, 



Of the wolf, the snail, and the bee, 

 Of die Alps' majestic silence, 



Of the soundless depths of the sea; 



The God of the times and die nations, 

 Of the planets as they roll, 



Of the numberless constellations, 

 Of the limitless human souL 



For there is nothing small, 



And naught can mighty be; 



Archangels and atoms all 

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Holds stars and suns in space; 

 A dream of man is Thine, 



And history finds its place, 

 When the universe was young, 



1 nine was the Perfect 1 nought 

 That fife should be bound in one 



By the strand of Love enwrought. 



In the tire of the fern and the tiry, 



Of the dragon and the dove, 

 Srifl through the stress and struggle 



Waxes the bond of love. 

 Out from the ruthless ages 



Rises, Eke incense mild, 

 The love of the man and the woman, 



The love of the mother and child. 



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