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POET: And Man compels mysterious motherhood to the morgue, And mother-joy to the abortion-chamber.

TRUTH: You are all hypocrites, worshipping a lie ; Cowards, stealing along a crooked path ; Preferring stale incense To the breath of the morning.

POET: And I am consenting.

TRUTH: Whoever consents is guilty.

POET: I will be brave. I will be willing to die.

TRUTH: Not one must be brave, but many.

POET:

I have degraded the mothers and denied life to the children.

TRUTH: If one be degraded, all are degraded.

POET: I have consented to a lie.

TRUTH: If but only one perish by a lie, Either the lie must perish or all will perish. s^

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TRUTH: Love, master of all, god of gods, Creator of creation, Invisible, invincible, eternal.

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