Science is "second, not the first,"

"For she is earthly of the mind,

But Wisdom heavenly of the soul."

He would have the world wise and modest,

"like thee,

Who grewest not alone in power

And knowledge, but by year and hour

In reverence and in charity."

It may be remarked that, here and elsewhere, the Poet makes a distinction

betwixt mind and soul: the former acquiring knowledge which

"is of things we see;"

the latter by faith,

"Believing where we cannot prove;"

even those things which St. Paul says "are not seen and are eternal."

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