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Little Cell! Little Cell! with a heart as big as heaven, / Remember that you are but a part! / This great longing in your soul / Is the longing of the whole, / And your work is not done with your heart!
Don't imagine, Little Cell, / That the work you do so well / Is the only work the world needs to do! / You are wanted in your place / For the growing of the race, / But the growing does not all depend on you!
Little Cell! Little Cell! with a race's whole ambition, / Remember there are others growing, too! / You've been noble, you've been strong; / Rest a while and come along; / Let the world take a turn and carry you!