I charge that there be no theory or school founded out of me,
I charge you to leave all free, as I have left all free.
11. After me, vista !
O, I see life is not short, but immeasurably long,
I henceforth tread the world, chaste, temperate, an early riser, a gymnast, a steady grower,
Every hour the semen of centuries — and still of centuries.
12. I will follow up these continual lessons of the air, water, earth,
I perceive I have no time to lose.
11.
1. Who learns my lesson complete ?
Boss, journeyman, apprentice — churchman and atheist.
The stupid and the wise thinker — parents and off- spring — merchant, clerk, porter, and customer,
Editor, author, artist, and schoolboy — Draw nigh and commence ;
It is no lesson — it lets down the bars to a good lesson,
And that to another, and every one to another still.
2. The great laws take and effuse without argument,
I am of the same style, for I am their friend,