Dean's World

Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.

Thursday Quote


If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise...

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And -- which is more -- you'll be a Man my son!

--- Kipling


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Mike (mail):
If you can dream and not make dreams your master;
If you can think, and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with both triumph and disaster;
And treat those two imposters just the same.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken;
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools;
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
and stoop and build 'em up again with worn out tools...
1.17.2008 8:37am
Kevin D (mail) (www):
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore?"

:-(

I suck at this game.
1.17.2008 9:32am
Ken Hall (www):
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs,
You've probably overlooked something. :-P
1.17.2008 9:47am
Ronald Coleman (mail) (www):
Oh, gosh, Ken, I have been there!!
1.17.2008 11:21am

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