Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [121] Digitized by Microsoft® Verdun An utter disregard of reasonFilled the trenches of Verdun;Science is both good and evil,Neighbors the hospital and gun,As sharper grows Minervas lanceSo greater grows the power of chance. Of all the wasteful remediesWar is probably the worst,And yet man turns to it the first;Strange cure in which the doctor killsHis patient to remove his ills. We see the mills of God grind slow,Effect from cause of course should flow,But from between the stones how grind at all, or grind so slow? If the foregoing be
Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [121] Digitized by Microsoft® Verdun An utter disregard of reasonFilled the trenches of Verdun;Science is both good and evil,Neighbors the hospital and gun,As sharper grows Minervas lanceSo greater grows the power of chance. Of all the wasteful remediesWar is probably the worst,And yet man turns to it the first;Strange cure in which the doctor killsHis patient to remove his ills. We see the mills of God grind slow,Effect from cause of course should flow,But from between the stones how grind at all, or grind so slow? If the foregoing be a lie Pray cast about—what meets the eye? Alas! But for its melancholy A smile should greet such frightful [122] Digitized by Microsoft® Up to Date There is a power that shapes our endsRough-hew them as we may,And roughly speaking that is whatWe see takes place today. For in mysterious ways it moves And wonders it performs In wars and famines, pestilence. And devastating storms. And that is why all people say It moves in a mysterious way. Napoleon was a providence— So it is held today; For Freedoms bird to George the Third A debt we owe today. Through Bismarcks, Kaisers, Emperors,Great Frederick led the to the glorious VictoriesThat are taking place today. So have no fear—all must be rightWhere Kings and Providence matter on which side you fightThough the Devil is to pay.
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