...mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last Gathered...is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble. But come, let's on;0 Against the opposing will and arm of heaven 600 May never this just sword be lifted...

...never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; . . . evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last, Gathered...firmament is rottenness. And earth's base built on stubble (589-99) 'if this fail': one implication to be drawn from the controversy over cosmic decay, to which...

...have recovered ourselves from our false position, and planted ourselves on a law of Nature. "If that fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness. And earth's base built on stubble. " The Government has assured itself of the best constituency in the world: every spark of intellect,...

...unjust force, but not eatkralled. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stnbble." The world is built on the foundation of morality, which is another name for Universal Spirit,...

...these principles; of which, say they, such is the importance and such the stability, that if these fail, "the pillared firmament is rottenness, and earth's base built on stubble." Of this supreme and immutable rule of action Cicero says, "Est quidem vera lex recta ratio naturae...

...Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last, Gathered like scum, and settled to itself, Self-fed and self-consumed. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built...