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If worth thy while the glory and the strife

Which fire the lists of Actual Life—

The ardent rush to fortune or to fame,

In the hot field where Strength and Valor are,

And rolls the whirling thunder of the car,

And the world, breathless, eyes the glorious game—

Then dare and strive—the prize can but belong

To him whose valor o'er his tribe prevails;

In life the victory only crowns the strong—

He who is feeble fails.