Somewhat to cast off, somewhat to become?

Grant this, then man must pass from old to new,

From vain to real, from mistake to fact,

From what once seemed good, to what now proves best.

How could man have progression otherwise?

Before the point was mooted 'What is God?'

No savage man inquired 'What am myself?'

Much less replied, 'First, last, and best of things.'

Man takes that title now if he believes

Might can exist with neither will nor love,