THE WORLD GROWS BETTER.

THE WORLD GROWS BETTER.
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Oh, the earth is full of sinning.
And of trouble and of woe,
But the devil makes an inning
Every time we say it’s so.
And the way to set him scowling.
And to put him back a pace,
Is to stop this stupid growling
And to look things in the face.

If you glance at history’s pages In all the lands and eras known
You will find the buried ages Far more wicked than your own,
As you scan each word and letter You will realize it more
That the world today is better Than it ever was before.

There is much that needs amending In the present time, no doubt!
-There is right that needs amending-
There is wrong needs crushing out.
And we hear the groans and curses
Of the poor who starve and die,
While the men with swollen purses
In the place of hearts go by.

But in spite of all this trouble
That obscures the sun today
Just remember it was double
In the ages passed away.
And those wrongs shall all be righted,
Good shall dominate the land,
For the darkness now is lighted
By the torch in Science’s hand,

Forth from little motes in Chaos
We have come to what we are,
And no evil force can stay us,
We shall mount from star to star:
We shall breach each bond and fetter
That has bound us heretofore,
And the earth is surely better
Than it ever was before.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.