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Fools can parrot-cry the prophet when the proof is close at hand, / And the blind can see the danger when the foe is in the land! / Truth was never cynicism, death or ruin's not a joke, / "Told-you-so" is not a warning -- Patriotism not a croak.
Blame will aid no man nor country when the dark days come at last -- / As with men so with a nation, and the warning time is past. / Our great sins were of omission, and the dogs of war are loosed -- / And we all must stand together when those sins come home to roost.