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The speaker recalls saying that action travels through the universe, considers thought, and describes who is first as an individual matter.

The speaker moves from a universal claim to an unresolved question of priority. Possibly qualifies the thought, so the page does not establish a settled philosophical system.

The handwritten note says 'As I / Used to Say, / all action / Travels through / the Universe,' and that 'Who is first, is / an individual / thing'.

The poem treats action as cosmic and priority as personal. Some punctuation is provisional.