He who cannot draw upon three thousand years Is living from hand to mouth If there is wisdom Let's hope to find it here Come to know All thoughts advance Era to era And so if You wish to understand Modern process Look behind and witness Conception Now stand on the shoulders of history's tallest thinkers See that their height Is borrowed from predecessors And even the worst ideas Can spur better conceptions Pushing Humankind Along An evolutionary Rite of passage Take a look and come to know All thoughts advance Era to era And so if You wish to understand Modern process Look behind and witness Conception and progress We'll be tomorrow's Heritage The giants of advancing thought But if only We respect The statuesque preceding Let's be tomorrow's Heritage The giants of advancing thought Let us respect The work of The statuesque preceding