Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.

But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again.

You would attain to the divine perfection.

Into a world unknown,-the corner-stone of a nation!

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

O suffering, sad humanity! O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried!