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green of the emerald fields, the vivid aznre of the 

 sapphire heavens, to the royal purple and the ethereal 

 violet of the amethyst as they glow in the shadow of 

 the hills and gleam in the cloud. The whiteness of 

 pure light, too, is hers alone, milky iridiseence as of 

 the opal in the morning mist, '^ chalcedony's dim white- 

 ness, pure-serene " in fields flooded with moonlight, 

 lustre of pearl in the dew, the radiance of the diamond 

 lavished on the landscape of snow. Now, the country's 

 richness of aesthetic loveliness is but a type of Ikm- 

 wealth for human living which it is yours to lead all 

 men to see. 



Out of the heart of the city, begotten 

 Of the labor of men and their manifold hands, 

 Where souls that were sprung from the earth in her morning, 

 No longer regard — nor remember — her warning. 



Whose hearts in the furnace of care have forgotten 

 Forever the scent and the lure of her lands; 



Out of the heart of the usurer's hold. 



From the horrible crush of the strong man's feet, 

 Out of the shadow where pity Is dying. 

 Out of the clamor where beauty is lying 



Dead in the depths of the struggle for gold; 

 Out of the din and the glare of the street; 



Into thr' arms of our mother wc come. 

 Our broad, strong mother, the innocent earth. 

 Mother of all things beautiful, blameless, 

 .Mother of hopes that her strength makes tameless, 

 Whore the voices of grief and of battle are dumb. 



And the wholo world laughs in the light of her mirth* 



;\ik1 you nr-ed to know the agencies that are making 

 for iK^ttermont. Let me mention in this connection one 



• Arrhibald Lampman, " Fr»^dom." 



