Whether upheld by many or by few,

Wore the one absolute crown. Though Pilate flung

His murderous jest at Truth—the law remained

That answered his dark question; man’s one clue,

The law that all true seekers after Truth

Hold in their hands; the law, a golden thread

That, loyally followed, leads them to full light,

Each by his own dark way, till all the world

Is knit together in harmony that sets free.

Bridge-builders of the universe, they fling