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Raise Up! The evolution has begun! The quiet tune that has through time been sung Now calls to dance a turning world that’s heard The music but has not evolved as one. We sing an evolutionary air, Not revolutionary. War forswear And raise, not rise. Raise up all men as one And be of those a path a peace prepare. We sing a song of non-violent, well informed, Engaged, determined, deft, conjointly formed And conscious social evolution. Sing And dance with us—the world will be transfo...

I am so delighted with diversity. It’s all the rage for me. ‘Though some may pass On its fine charms and rage against my set, I’ll still be charmed with everything that’s made The world so right. I simply cannot bear To think how dull the world would be if on Us all some moldy mold was settled on. Boring! What’s life without diversity? What force of pall would force us all to pass Some test of similarity? Who’d set The standards we’d have to meet? Wou...

Muhammad Yunus, micro financier And founder of the growing Grameen Bank, I cheer The evolutionary strides you’ve made In bringing the poor some needed banking aid. With just a twenty-seven dollar start, In Nineteen-Seventy-Six, you put your heart To work in Bangladesh to find a way A simple bank could poverty allay. You loaned to those who had the greatest need And guided them until they did succeed. And when they paid you back, you loaned again Until your bank became a great campaign. ...

For peace the nations speak with one Resounding voice to say: The end of wars can be achieved If we united stay. For peace the poets sing their songs And plead with those who hear: Please, let us now renounce our hate And conquer all our fear. For peace the saints all teach that God Would have men freely live, So let’s now live as God would have And each the past forgive. For peace the Sufis build a bridge From God to man below, So let’s receive the blessings that Our God’s love does bestow. ...

Yes, Doctor King, it is your praise I raise! You were Drum Major in the noble quest For freedom in a world of dispossessed. You changed the world by serving the oppressed. Your voice and willingness to serve I praise! “Avoid romanticizing King,” some say. “He was no saint.” And they say I do Disservice to you and them to view You more than the common man they knew. They say that I your memory betray. But I will celebrate your soul: *You did your duty as a Christian ought; *You brought salvati...