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I HAVE 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 sesthetic 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.

8.

With 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.

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