If I drew back one inch order would revert to chaos. That which is not worth all is worth nothing. If I said I'll see I'd be lost. If the tides said they'd see. If the storm said it'd see. If yesterday said to to-morrow that it'd see. If birth said to being born that it'd see. If dying said to death it'd see. If Etna's fires said they'd see. If the ices of the north said they'd see. If a fragment of an atom said it'd see. It'd be the same as if I'd say I'll see when my name is called. If I left it to my purse to see. If I left it to my properties to see. If I left it to my prospects or my privileges to see. Then I'd not see at all. I'd be stone blind. If I said that the cry of the scab is the voice of God. If I said that the chorus of the dollars is the psalm of paradise. If I said that the prayer of apology is the savior of souls. Then I'd not hear at all. I'd be stone deaf. What are you doing for the cause? Do I want you to be a fool for the cause? Yes. That's the only way you can be wise for yourself. Do I want you to give up facts for dreams? Yes. That's the only way you can turn dreams into facts. Do I want you to give everything to the poor? Yes. That's the only way you can become rich to the crowd. I dont want you to put your hand into your pocket and take it out empty. I dont want you to put thought into your brain and take it out empty. I dont want you to put love into your heart and take it out empty. I don't want you to say to the cause: I'll think it out over night. I dont want you to say: I may help some but dont expect too much of me. I dont want you to say: I'll ask my wife or my husband or my father or my mother or somebody. I dont even want you to ask your own spirit. I want you to act. I want you to answer before the question is put. I want you to spring before the challenge is issued. I want you to warm up before the fire is lit. Do I want you to go out cold nights when you might stay home and be comfortable? Yes. More than that. Do I want you to take your fortune in your hands and go do something impossible? Yes. More than that. Do I want you to choose misery maybe in place of joy? Yes. More than that. Do I want you to stake your life on the issue? Yes. More than that. I want you to do more than all that. I want you to do more than debate and quarrel and wonder and waver even if you decide right in the end. I want you to go on as if you had nothing to do with proceeding: I want you to surrender as if you had nothing to do with yielding. I dont want you to wait till you are called. I want you to call. Whenever anything goes short: I want you to step into the gap. I dont want you to ask: How can I? I want you to say: I couldn't do anything else. What are you doing for the cause? They talk about the rock of ages: there is no rock of ages: there are only the people: If I build on the people I build true for always: if I build on myself I build on the shifting sand: