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Consciousness

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God, what a glory, is this consciousness,     Of life on life, that comes to those who seek!     Nor would I, if I might, to others speak,     The fulness of that knowledge.    It can bless,     Only the eager souls, that willing, press     Along the mountain passes, to the peak.     Not to the dull, the doubting, or the weak,     Will Truth explain, or Mystery confess.     Not to the curious or impatient soul     That in the start, demands the end be shown,     And at each step, stops waiting for a sign;     But to the tireless toiler toward the goal,     Shall the great miracles of God be known     And life revealed, immortal and divine.

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