Yet raising, sharpening, and refining each:
Who stands amid the ever-varying world
The burden or the glory of the Earth—
He chief perceives the change: his being notes
The gradual renovation, and defines
Each movement of its progress on his mind.
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Here now the human being stands, adorning
This loveliest Earth with taintless body and mind.
Blest from his birth with all bland impulses,