The Simple Man

Robert Ingersoll.....
."It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense."

The Simple Man
　
Give me a farmer, a self made man
Who toiled for years upon his land
He learned what he could from others and books
But most of his knowledge is what he took
　
He took what he learned from nature
From trial an error, failure and success
He trusted in his God to help him mature
He worked hard to do his best
　
Common sense saved him more than once
It was the pillar of his survival
It taught him about friendship, and some mistrust
Who to embrace, who to see as his rival
　
The thought of one without formal education
Brings questions to competency
But judging from simple man's innovations
I'll take common sense as priority
　
Marian
April 26, 2011