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by The Chief on August 19th, 2008

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In your opinion, what makes a man a 'man'?

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  • by tomsims on September 2nd, 2008

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    "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;

    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 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 with wornout tools;

    If you can make one heap of all your winnings
    And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
    And lose, and start again at your beginnings
    And never breath a word about your loss;
    If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
    To serve your turn long after they are gone,
    And so hold on when there is nothing in you
    Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

    If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
    Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
    If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
    If all men count with you, but none too much;
    If you can fill the unforgiving minute
    With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
    Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
    And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son! "

    - Rudyard Kipling

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    • Well done! I had forgotten about Rudyard Kipling. Thank you!

      The Chief

      by The Chief on September 2nd, 2008

    • Uhh...yeah,..like what tomsims said...

      Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT

      by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on January 10th, 2009

    • He DID cover it pretty thoroughly, didn't he!

      The Chief

      by The Chief on January 10th, 2009

    • Yes he did. I wish i had said it :)

      tomsims

      by tomsims on January 10th, 2009

    • Oh, how many times have I said, "I should have written that! Why didn't I write that?" Well, because somebody wrote it before you were born, Tom..."Oh, yeah,..well, maybe I can think of somehing new someday"....(smile). I haven't yet.

      Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT

      by Tom 47 is back in his bear COAT on January 10th, 2009

    • A long time before I was born :) It would have been awful if those words had waited for me. Think of how many generations would have missed them. it is a very good thing my wishes don't all come true :)

      tomsims

      by tomsims on January 10th, 2009

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