James Oppenheim, in a poem, “The Cry of Men,” writes this verse
inciting to boldness in uttering our truth:
Then put off the coward--live with the Vision!
Let me go to my work in the morning
With fire of God, let me strike in the open, let me cry, cry aloud
the age dawning--
Let my life be real--faith in my heart! My eternity hangs on this day--
God in me dies or leaps godward as I thunder my yea or my nay!
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