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DOUBTING BLOOD, by                    
First Line: I say the source of doubt is in the blood
Last Line: A true precipitant for candor lies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mcgee, Mrs. M.h.


I say the source of doubt is in the blood --
The very seat and origin are there,
Intrinsic to the pulse's ebb and flood:
The netted channels of its course we share
With grandsires and their dames, a long time dead
But living in our cells. With food and air,
That tissues may be built and thought be bred,
Those cells in some mysterious form convey
The precedent of doubt. Our flesh is fed
By springs whose ruby waters murmur, "Stay!"
When rumor tends to take us by surprise
Or rootless faith our senses would betray.
Deep in our veins, where arguments arise,
A true precipitant for candor lies.





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