Think nobly!
For the things we ponder are the sum
Of what we treasure and we do become
The fashion of our thinking—just as from
The chain we know the linking.
Therefore think nobly!
Think purely!
For our meditation is the glass
Through which our spirit doth in vision pass,
The face of God beholding—and the grace
Of his divine unfolding.
Therefore think purely!
Think truly!
For a true ideal is the light
By which we struggle up the lofty height
Of Truth’s supreme divineness—and the right
To which it doth incline us.
Therefore think truly!