Were the whole world good as you – not an atom better – Were it just as pure and true, Just as strong in faith and works; Just as free from crafty quirks; All extortion, all deceit; Schemes its neighbors to defeat; Schemes its neighbors to defraud; Schemes some culprit to applaud – Would this world be better? If the whole world followed you – followed to the letter Would it be a nobler world, All deceit and falsehood hurled From it altogether; Malice, selfishness, and lust, Banished from beneath the crust, Covering human hearts from view Tell me, if it followed you, Would the world be better? Poet: Unknown