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However certain of the way thou art, / Take not the self-appointed leader's part. / Follow no man, and by no man be led, / And no man lead. _Awake_, and go ahead. / Thy path, though leading straight unto the goal / Might prove confusing to another soul. / The goal is central; but from east, and west, / And north, and south, we set out on the quest; / From lofty mountains, and from valleys low: - / How could all find one common way to go?
Lord Buddha to the wilderness was brought. / Lord Jesus to the Cross. And yet, think not / By solitude, or cross, thou canst achieve, / Lest in thine own true Self thou dost believe. / Know thou art One, with life's Almighty Source, / Then are thy feet set on the certain Course.