Into numerous new substances by man used

In the varied arts to which existence imparts

The glories of the times from which we start.

The doctor, with his scalpel and his knife,

Discovers new means for preserving human life.

The inventor with his machines, human labor to supply,

To the plowman who plods on his weary way;

To the weaver who with his hands from day to day,

His cloth he did weave in the old-fashioned way.

The builder with his bricks of sand and clay