Everyone laughed at Col. Prichard br For buying an engine so powerful br That it wrecked itself, and wrecked the grinder br He ran it with. br But here is a joke of cosmic size: br The urge of nature that made a man br Evolve from his brain a spiritual life -- br Oh miracle of the world! -- br The very same brain with which the ape and wolf br Get food and shelter and procreate themselves. br Nature has made man do this, br In a world where she gives him nothing to do br After all -- (though the strength of his soul goes round br In a futile waste of power.