THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
Facing Trouble. .' /Did you tackle the trouble that came i your way v * With a resolute heart ond cheerful, Or hide your face from the light of day,; With a craven soul and fearful ? ■Oh ! a trouble's a .ton, or a trouble's j an ounce', Or a trouble's what.you make it; It isn't the fact that. "you're hurt that counts,'. '■ " . .'■'■•. But only—How did' you "tike it ? ' Xou'ro beaten 1 to earth ; well, well, what of that ? ' ■ . , •Get up with a smiling face; it isn't your fault that you fell down flab, " But to lie there—that's a disgrace. Why, the harder you fall, the higher you bounce— B3 proud of your blackened eye ; It isn't the fact that you're' dead that counts, But—How did you fight—and why ? You're beaten to earth : well, well, what then ? " If you battled the best you could, If you played your part in the .strife - "of men,- , Why, the "Qritic'? will call_ it good. Death -romes 'With a crawl, 'or cornea with w pounce, But, be ; he vslow .or spry, It isn't the fact that you're h«rt that counts, But only—How did you dso ?
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8850, 29 May 1914, Page 6
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THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8850, 29 May 1914, Page 6
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