On This Earth, Though Far And Near,

The Young Do Not Know Enough To Be Prudent, And Therefore They Attempt The Impossible - And Achieve It, Generation After Generation.

Be Born Anywhere, Little Embryo Novelist, But Do Not Be Born Under The Shadow Of A Great Creed, Not Under The Burden Of Original Sin, Not Under The Doom Of Salvation.

It Is Worse Than Folly... Not To Recognize The Truth, For In It Lies The Tinder For Tomorrow.

It Is Better To Learn Early Of The Inevitable Depths, For Then Sorrow And Death Can Take Their Proper Place In Life, And One Is Not Afraid.

We Should So Provide For Old Age That It May Have No Urgent Wants Of This World To Absorb It From Meditation On The Next. It Is Awful To See The Lean Hands Of Dotage Making A Coffer Of The Grave.