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Between the ringing of bells and the musical clang of chimes / I hear a sound like the breaking of chains, all through these / Christmas times. / For the thought of the world is waking out of a slumber deep and long, / And the race is beginning to understand how Right can master Wrong.
And the eyes of the world are opening wide, and great are the truths / they see; / And the heart of the world is singing a song, and its burden is ‘Be / free! ' / Now the thought of the world and the wish of the world and the song of / the world will make / A force so strong that the fetters forged for a million years must / break.