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<h2><SPAN name="Wisdom" id="Wisdom"></SPAN>WISDOM THE SUPREME PRIZE</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>My son, despise not the chastening of the <span class="smcap">Lord</span>;<br/></span> <span>Neither be weary of his reproof:<br/></span> <span>For whom the <span class="smcap">Lord</span> loveth he reproveth;<br/></span> <span>Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i1">Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And the man that getteth understanding.<br/></span> <span class="i1">For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And the gain thereof than fine gold.<br/></span> <span class="i1">She is more precious than rubies:<br/></span> <span class="i1">And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i1">Length of days is in her right hand;<br/></span> <span class="i1">In her left hand are riches and honour.<br/></span> <span class="i1">Her ways are ways of pleasantness,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And all her paths are peace.<br/></span> <span class="i1">She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:<br/></span> <span class="i1">And happy is every one that retaineth her.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>The <span class="smcap">Lord</span> by wisdom founded the earth;<br/></span> <span>By understanding he established the heavens.<br/></span> <span>By his knowledge the depths were broken up,<br/></span> <span>And the skies drop down the dew.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Proverbs</span>, III.</p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />