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Love of country is the life of war; / Love not your country then, / If loving it should lead you into war; / Oh do not be deceived -- Love is broader, -- / Love is broader than a wheatfield, / Love is broader than a landscape; / Do not be misled -- love the world; / Begin at home -- love your birthplace, / Then your county, then your state, / Then your country, then the countries / Of your brothers and sisters, who look / So much like you -- like hands, like feet, / Like ears, like eyes, like lips; like sorrows, / Like hopes, like joys; like body, mind / And spirit, for the spirit of one man / Differeth not from the spirit of another, / Or high or low, or rich or poor, being / The same yesterday, to-day and forever.
Love of country is the life of war; / Love not your country then, / If loving it should lead you into war -- / Should lead you into hatred / Of your neighbor's country -- lead you / To strike down even unto death / Your brother who so resembles you, / Made in your image, and in the likeness / Of the living God.