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To the stand-bys Add this one Always to define Whatever we perceive To trace its outline So that we can see What it really is What it really is Its substance Stripped bare As a whole Unmodified And to call it by Its name The thing itself And its components To which it will eventually return To which it will eventually return To which it will eventually return To which it will eventually return Nothings so conducive To spiritual growth as this Capacity for Logical and accurate analysis Of everything That happens to us To look at it in such a way That we understand What need it fulfills And in what kind of world And its value to that world As a whole And to man in particular As a citizen of that higher city Of which all other cities Are like families To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return What is this Which now creates an image in me What is its composition How long was it designed to last? And what virtue do I need to meet it? Gentleness Manliness Honesty Courage and the rest Therefore in each case we say This comes from god This is according To the spinning thread of destiny And such coincidence and chance And this one from my fellow man Same stock Kinsman He just doesn't understand What's according to his nature What's according to his nature But I do So I'll treat him as the law That binds us both requires With justice and with kindness I do So I'll treat him as the law That binds us both requires With justice and with kindness To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return To which we will eventually return