Chapter 11

I have met men and women and men and women: they are all sizes: yet they are all one size:I have never so far met a man or a woman little enough for me to be arrogant with:I have never so far met a man or a woman big enough for me to humble myself to:Men and women dont seem to me made to be figured upon: they are made to be immeasurable:They dont seem to me made to be accepted or rejected: they are made to be my comrades:We are all so much alike I dont see how we could be different:We are all so different I don’t see how we could fail to be alike:A few horizons added to a man’s dream: do they make one man better than another?A few inches added to a man’s waist: do they make one man superior to another?From way up these are such minor matters: the wave drops away in the sea:From way up our castes and borderlines are such minor matters: they lapse away in the soul:For we are in the end not masters and slaves, not up and down: we are only brothers and sisters.

I have met men and women and men and women: they are all sizes: yet they are all one size:

I have never so far met a man or a woman little enough for me to be arrogant with:

I have never so far met a man or a woman big enough for me to humble myself to:

Men and women dont seem to me made to be figured upon: they are made to be immeasurable:

They dont seem to me made to be accepted or rejected: they are made to be my comrades:

We are all so much alike I dont see how we could be different:

We are all so different I don’t see how we could fail to be alike:

A few horizons added to a man’s dream: do they make one man better than another?

A few inches added to a man’s waist: do they make one man superior to another?

From way up these are such minor matters: the wave drops away in the sea:

From way up our castes and borderlines are such minor matters: they lapse away in the soul:

For we are in the end not masters and slaves, not up and down: we are only brothers and sisters.


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