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The light that wisdom gives is free to all
Who would upon it make a sincere call--
Yet free, too, is to be Stupid God's thrall,
And no sincerity does it demand
As Stupid God, in power, spreads 'cross the land,
Pooling where the ivory towers stand
And edifices readier to use
By public hands, and seeks to them abuse
Or force those who would tend them to recuse
Themselves from public life. Of them, no few
Already hope to shun the public view,
And so it becomes too easy to hew
Them apart from that support they need;
Their cries for help grow easy not to heed.