Man’s soulless pride his test of worth has made,
But thine is based on that of God himself.
LINCOLN, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE
By Edwin Markham
When the Norn-Mother saw the Whirlwind Hour,
Greatening and darkening as it hurried on,
She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down
To make a man to meet the mortal need.
She took the tried clay of the common road—