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PRIMACY OF MIND
Mens agitat molem.
—Aeneidos Lib. vi.
—Aeneidos Lib. vi.
I
Above the glow of molten steel,The roar of furnace, forge, and shed,
Protectress of the City's weal,
Now, Learning rears her loftier head;
II
That Progress may at length descryIt lacks the clue to guide aright,
And, conscious of its blindness, cry
Unto the Muse, “More light! More light!”
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III
That Wealth may fitly yield the throneTo Letters, Science, artist-skill,
And Matter, willing subject, own
Mind must be lord and master still.
The University of Leeds, 6th October 1904.
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