The founding forces of the Earth The mover of the stars Are getting closer to my mind Induction to the timeless forms Before the final cause The unexamined life they find From the soul to observing the stars and their cause Through a hole in the Earth where the mind's eye will fall Through air and water, earth and fire Discovery is slow The Earth is round, the will is free The square of opposition lies The skepticism grows Into an age of sophistry For the sum of my knowledge will conquer the Earth And the sons of my college will rise and give Earth