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Excerpt from Dryburgh Abbey and Other Poems Men are agents for the future! As they work, so ages win Either harvest of advancement, Or the product of their sin! Follow out true cultivation - Widen education's plan; From the majesty of nature Teach the majesty of man! Take the spade of perseverance: Dig the field of progress wide: Every bar to true instruction Harrow out and cast aside! Give the stream of education Broader channel, bolder force; Hurl the stones of persecution Out, where'er they block its course: Seek for strength in self-exertion; Work and still have faith to wait: Close the crooked gate to fortune; Make the road to honour straight! Take the spade of perseverance; Dig the field of progress wide; Every bar to true instruction Harrow out and cast aside! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.