comprehend.

The deep philosopher,
The pedant wise, whose wisdom makes him cold.
Instructs, but cannot stir
The heart of work, whose hope is tried and old;
But this one strives to spur
The rebel in the blood and make it bold.

He lifts the common thought,
And e'en the common heart up to the light;
Till, by his teaching wrought
To understand their wrongs and know their might
Plain men at last are brought
To rouse in truceless struggle for the right.

[Transcriber's note: The spelling irregularities of the original have been retained in this etext.]