THE GREAT THINKER

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 307, 23 September 1919, Page 6

THE GREAT THINKER

Sir,—l have cut out the enclosed clever verses, anl trust you will print them. It is hopeless to bring everyone to a dead level • the people cannot do without tho intellectuals." Apropos to a speech ai'oted in. your issue of September 1, tho dunuarees" are honourable wear, but would be unsuitable for train f orKers.I am, etc., 8 - [Enclosure.] The Great Thinker.

Back of the beating hammerBy which the steel is wrougnt, Back of the workshop's olamour The seeker may find tho thought! The thought that is ever master Of iron and steam, and eteel, That rises above disaster j And tramples it under litel. The drudgo may fret and tinker Or labour with lusty blows, _ But kick of him stands the thinker, • The clear-eyed man who knows; For-into each plough or sabre, Each piece and part and wholo, Must go tho braina of labour, Which gives the work a 6oul. Back of the motor's humming, Back of tho hell that singg,. Back of the hammer's , drumming, Back of the crane that swings, Thwo is the eye which scaas them, Watching through stress and strain, There is the mind which'plans tliem-n Back of the brawn, the-brain. Slight of the roaring toiler, Force of tho engino s thrust, Strength of the sweating toner, Greatly in these woltrust; . But 'back of them stands the Schemer, The Thinker who drives things through. Back of the job—tho Dreamer • Who's making the dream come true. B. Braley.