IV 
PREFACE. 
Men who possess opinion and a will; 
Men who have honor, — men who will not lie ; 
Men who can stand before a demagogue, 
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking 
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog 
In public duty, and in private thinking ; 
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds, 
Their large professions, and their little deeds, — 
Mingle in selfish strife, lo ! Freedom weeps, 
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps ! ” 
