The Holiness of Minute Particulars

 And many conversèd on these things as they labour'd at the furrow¹，

    Saying `It is better to prevent misery² than to release from misery；

    It is better to prevent error than to forgive the criminal.

    Labour well the Minute Particulars： attend to the Little Ones，

    And those who are in misery cannot remain so long，

    If we do but our duty： labour well the teeming³ Earth. . .

    He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars.

    General Good is the plea of the scoundrel， hypocrite， and flatterer；

    For Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars，

    And not in generalizing Demonstrations⁴ of the Rational Power：

    The Infinite alone resides in Definite and Determinate Identity.

    Establishment of Truth depends on destruction of Falsehood continually，

    On Circumcision， not on Virginity， O Reasoners of Albion！