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[Quibble not on Good and Evil]
Quibble not on Good and Evil,“Merely relative,” as some say;
Relativity is actual;
It alone we know and judge by.
Good and bad the outside world has,
Better, worse, through all gradations;
Every crime is truly nature,
Every noble thought and action
Nature too—but better nature.
“Natural,” this alone proves nothing;
Rattlesnakes and bugs are living.
So the microcosm within thee
May be full of reptiles, vermin,
Natural, hateful, and pernicious.
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