In Vain Doth Valour Bleed, While Avarice

There Are No Songs Comparable To The Songs Of Zion, No Orations Equal To Those Of The Prophets, And No Politics Like Those Which The Scriptures Teach.

Fear Of Change Perplexes Monarchs.

Come Knit Hands, And Beat The Ground In A Light Fantastic Round

And Feel By Turns The Bitter Change Of Fierce Extremes, Extremes By Change More Fierce.

The Superior Man Acquaints Himself With Many Sayings Of Antiquity And Many Deeds Of The Past, In Order To Strengthen His Character Thereby.