Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage.

Beauty's witching sway is now to me a star that's fallen-a dream that's passed away.

Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage.

Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free.

Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are so hard to overcome because they are irrational and therefore do not yield to logical argument.