THE PROBLEM

Shall we conceal the Case, or tell it -

We who believe the evidence?

Here and there the watch-towers knell it

With a sullen significance,

Heard of the few who hearken intently and carry an eagerly upstrained sense.

Hearts that are happiest hold not by it;

Better we let, then, the old view reign;

Since there is peace in it, why decry it?

Since there is comfort, why disdain?

Note not the pigment the while that the painting determines humanity's joy and pain!