Better let them build who rear the house of nations, Than that Fate should rock it to foundation stone; Leave the Earth her storms, the stars their perturbations, “Steadfast welfare stays where JUSTICE binds her zone.
Reid quotes a poetic sentiment about justice and the building of nations.
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