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Year1994
Classification poetry
Medium granite inscription
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
  • Strand's four-line poem, inscribed in the granite which surrounds the base of Diana Moore's sculptural head of "Justice," reads as follows: "When Justice does its public part; It educates the human heart; The erring human heart in turn; Must do its private part and learn."