The man independent mind has cap in hand the day - Sits on its craggy spine And drees the wind and rain That nourished all its genius - Weary centuries This empty capital snorts like a great beast Caged in its sleep, dreaming of freedom.
Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.