Lapsus Calami (Apr 1891)/The Philosopher and Philanthropist
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The Philosopher and Philanthropist.
Searching an infinite Where,Probing a bottomless When,Dreamfully wandering,Ceaselessly pondering,What is the Wherefore of men:Bartering life for a There,Selling his soul for a Then,Baffling obscurity,Conning futurity,Usefulest, wisest of men!
Grasping the Present of Life,Seizing a definite Now,Labouring thornfully,Banishing scornfullyDoubts of his Whither and How:Spending his substance in Strife,Working a practical How,Letting obscurityRest on futurity,Usefuler, wiser, I trow.
Published in Out of School at Eton, 1878.