One’s thoughts spread, not on their merits alone, <br />But on one’s skill to perpetuate them. <br />Men grew great for their skill in perpetuation, <br />Rather than for the merits their thoughts hold <br />07.02.2007<br /><br />Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-perpetuate-is-to-exist/