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said many times that materials and the Soul
 * are great, and that all depends on physique;

Now I reverse what I said, and affirm that all depends
 * on the æsthetic or intellectual,

And that criticism is great—and that refinement is
 * greatest of all;

And I affirm now that the mind governs—and that
 * all depends on the mind.

one man or woman—(no matter which one—
 * I even pick out the lowest,)

With him or her I now illustrate the whole law; I say that every right, in politics or what-not, shall be
 * eligible to that one man or woman, on the same
 * terms as any.