,note3 ,images of the original pages are available through ,internet ,archive4 ,see https3_/_/archive4org_/details_/quartzfr omupland#jjturn ,,quartz ,,from ,,the ,,uplands ,published by the ,anti-,pessimist ,society #aije ,piermont1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,dedicated ,,to ,,the ,,american ,,antiquarian ,,society ,copyrighted #aije by ,anti-,pessimist ,society ,,quartz from the ,,uplands ,who ,say8 8,all songs have been sung2 ,all tales have been told2 ,live tongues are still'd-- ,worn smooth by precedent60 ,in the fullness of the soul ,there lives--strong bound-- ,only to be unloos'd by greater deed and action2 ,an unfathomable wealth ,from which to draw forever-- ,never to be wholly used4 ,is it for you ,to stand at the bier of the dead past ,mute--to consent1 that3 8,all6 has been sung and writ08 ,no6 ,insistingly1 ,persistently beat loud upon the temple door--steeled well to hear the mock and din and laughter and deriding1 doubting shouts of those within1 ,that you may full awake the throng without-- ,those who sleep1 work1 hope and pray4 ,you must proclaim again1 again1 ,this ,truth6 ,the multitude at last will stand aghast1 amazed1 ashamed2 ,thy liberty deny1 ,yea1 crucify4 ,to them3--,what is1 is2 and what is1 is to remain unchanged forever4 ,to learn the lesson1 to equip and grade thy purging fire2 ,go forth to some unfrequented spot ,and reason with thyself1 comparing notes with ,nature4 ,see it4 ,feel it4 ,hear it4 ,the all-prevailing1 pervading1 constant1 ever changing4 ,from ,winter's silence1 breathing1 sighing1 sleeping1 creeping on to ,spring with sap1 with shoot1 with bud and flower1 hour on hour playing1 plying gentleness and power for ,summer's rest to temper strength for birth in ,autumn1 with crowning brilliancy and rich rewards untaxed to bird1 to beast1 to insect and to man1 gift on gift for full contentment1 sustenance and labor4 ,from this you will accumulate a store so full1 ,that every thought's a prayer2 ,the simplest acts of things are miracles-- ,the whole a revelation1 ,to guide thy way and being4 ,kill not1 dissect not1 nor rend or tear1 ,but see and feel and hear4 ,the earth1 the air and sea abound ,with righteous living creatures1 ,intent upon some full purpose2-- ,aside from man's estate1 ,aside from his designing selfishness1 intensely useless graspings1 destruction1 purposeless desire1 ,for his good use and keeping1 ,the forest1 field and sea ,and all that lies beneath4 ,but if to be a 8,bard ,sublime80-- ,a prater1 ,aspiring to soar 'midst lofty peaks on painted scenes2 to catch with musty mystery2 with empty schemes of praise2 with sheens of artificial light1 spread o'er this prolonged night and sleep of letters2 or with palsied moonbeams that miniature the day and blight tart speech and full-ripe reason2 ,to buoy vanity2 ,to bid for foolish charlatan's esteem1 ,to live apart at ease and shirk1 ,good hard holy healthy work2 ,to mingle not with clean magnetic dirt1 ,with healing1 building sunshine1 air and rain4-- ,then be a heralder of 8,new ,thought0 ,cite from thy store3 ,great ,deeds ,and haughty interminglings2 ,praise1 to have a share2 ,valor1 in which words win2 ,chastisement1 which you do not feel2 ,abnegation1 with no self-denial4 ,whatever thy saying1 ,mark you full well ,that all such machinations ,must and will be counted less ,than ,brawn-,studies in great ,nature's realm4 ,if swept away from ,nature's gentle sway ,too weak to rise and understand ,thy full purpose1 and the coming day3-- ,then feed1 feed on thy kind and kith and kin ,plunge in1 into the maelstrom2 ,amidst the deaf'ning roar1 ,swim 'midst molten masses1 ,breast cataracts of seething1 living action1 ,tell of harnessing of power1 ,of screech and scream1 ,of whirr of wheels2 ,of lightning's use and speed2 ,of clank and bang and whisp and twirl of rasp and plane and drill on rock and wood and metal4 ,for therein lies a ripe1 rich1 unwrit story2 ,and place the credit where the credit's due4 ,use freely1 and without fear thy caustic pen1 ,ruffle1 ruthlessly pursue1 dog and undo ,proud spirited1 designing men4 ,spur the laggard4 ,jeer at that part of press which teems with misstatements1 lies1 inuendos-- ,those who prod and sting2 ,excite the very life they claim to be1 ,for gain1 ,for great and greater power1 circulation4 ,a song or story to go on1 up1 through distant ages ,must be full told and strong with facts3-- ,tell of myriads of human beings1 ,crushed1 dwarfed1 poisoned and devoured1 ,by the arts and manufactures2 ,voices drown'd1 subdued1 smothered amid the din4 ,tell of the march of industry's deafening roar affecting a nation's reasoning and sealing its store of finest instincts4 ,tell of designing kings of trade ,who1 on a free man's soil6 ,so multiplied their wealth ,that all their fellow-beings ,were their willing slave-- ,slaves living lives in imputrid bodies-- ,souls seasoned with sorrows and blasted hopes2 ,of endless yesterdays1 ,long looking and longing and looking ,for happiness1 to come on some to-morrow4 ,tell of serfs1 dumb1 ,blind and starved by greed2 ,ground 'twixt its own mill-stones2 ,prating prayers to ,god ,while ,god looks on amazed ,at supine strength ,behind these wills and souls inactive4 ,bound to an unjust cause2 ,held firm by statute and multiplying laws4 ,tell how they bound themselves3 ,for paltry bits of food-- ,for half-made clothes-- ,and shacks for shelter ,for which they gave full rights to use ,man's ,acre1 ,and all the treasures that lie beneath4 ,tell of rampant selfishness run riot2 ,of countless serfs-- ,the earth's scum2 ,floating to this free land ,to climb upon it and gorge on gold galore2 ,with inspirations only of eternal happiness in idleness2 ,playing wanton parts2 ,dragging in their brazened gods and images2 ,feeding on rotten greed2 ,loaded with besotted vices ,practising stupid customs1 ,these1 all these-- ,with voice and vote1-- ,to sweep aside the well devised purpose1 ,built by patriarchs for equal rights and honors4 ,they came1 to make a ,nation of all nations-- ,but after all1 no nation1 ,no man's land4 ,tell of poisoned1 delayed and decayed food in transit4 ,tell of the settlement of nations' differences ,by 8good offices0 for peace1 ,with long--drawn--out1 decrepit1 verbose1 empty ceremony4 ,of ,international ,law-- ,the ,will of ,power4 ,of nations1 swearing by the 8,prince of ,peace0 ,continuing to fortify with great and greater guns1 ,mobilizing husbands to defeat husbandry2 ,bedecking them with gilt without1 ,stuffing vanity and pompousness within4 ,but1 if you see through the roseate glass1 ,of swaggering optimism ,proclaim1 that3-- 8#8,god is working out ,his will'-- ,too slow perhaps ,for challengers of spotted vice2 ,for those who seek for the world's and the ,nation's failings1 inhuman sloth1 stubbornness and sin40 ,whatever thy chronicle1 ,let it not savor of a full stomach's satisfaction ,that feels content with ill-got gain derived from tricks of trade4 ,live amidst conditions on both sides2 ,experience the chill and pinch of poverty2 ,feel the cold steel bands about an undeveloped soul2 ,want for tools and an opportunity to do some useful chosen work1 ,then will you write full well1 ,write strong thy story1 ,chronicling on golden pages2 ,infinite views1 ,to march to triumph with the ,truth of ,truths2 ',twill live on and up and through ,the distant ages4 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's note3 ,text enclosed by plus signs is in bold face47 8kind and and kith and kin0 changed to 8kind and kith and kin0 on page #h4 8,amid'st the deaf'ning roar0 changed to 8,amidst the deaf'ning roar0 on page #h4 8for equil rights and honors0 changed to 8for equal rights and honors0 on page #ab4 8of nations differences0 changed to 8of nations' differences0 on page #ab4