“Unless the humblest creatures on the earth
Are bettered by thy loving sympathy
Think not to find a Paradise beyond.”

—  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The Way (1913).
Poetry quotes, New Thought Pastels (1913)
Context: Hell is wherever Love is not, and Heaven
Is Love's location. No dogmatic creed,
No austere faith based on ignoble fear
Can lead thee into realms of joy and peace.
Unless the humblest creatures on the earth
Are bettered by thy loving sympathy
Think not to find a Paradise beyond.

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