There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

The more thou stir it the worse it will be.

The more thou stir it the worse it will be.

Where there are many counsellors there is safety.

Where there are many counsellors there is safety.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.