Or overworked therein, to a dumb peace;

Whose souls are wholly centered in the life

Of that small group you personally love—

Who told you that you need not know or care

About the sin and sorrow of the world?

Do you believe the sorrow of the world

Does not concern you in your little homes?

That you are licensed to avoid the care

And toil for human progress, human peace,

And the enlargement of our power of love