What Reason Weaves, By Passion

With Too Much Quickness Ever To Be Taught; With Too Much Thinking To Have Common Thought.

The Bookful Blockhead, Ignorantly Read With Loads Of Learned Lumber In His Head.

Old Politicians Chew On Wisdom Past, And Totter On In Business To The Last.

Some Judge Of Authors' Names, Not Works, And Then Nor Praise Nor Blame The Writings, But The Men.

Who Combats Bravely Is Not Therefore Brave, He Dreads A Death-bed Like The Meanest Slave: Who Reasons Wisely Is Not Therefore Wise,- His Pride In Reasoning, Not In Acting Lies.