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THE NEED FOR MEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God, give us men! A time like this demands
Last Line: Wrong rules the land and waiting justice sleeps.
Variant Title(s): Wanted
Subject(s): God; Leadership; Patriotism; Religion; Theology


God, give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office can not buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty, and in private thinking;
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps.







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