Manhood

MANHOOD
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Our country has new need of men today- Not such alone as bravely may with- stand
The shock of battle or with strenuous hand
Open the paths of progress every way
We give too much to brawn and body; they
Are but the brute which evil may com- mand
No less than good, and so subvert the land
They should support, the state in ruins lay

Not such alone, but men whose souls are strong
To hate all evil and, whate’er betide,
To put all Interest of self aside,
To shrink from public as from private wrong
From fortune reared on trickery and ites
Deeming too dear the goods dishonor buys
-William Aspinwall Bradley