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ADVICE—Poetical, to Boys, but Equally Applicable to Young Men.2
Get ready for a man's work now; And learn to do the best you can,
When sweat is brought to arm and brow. Don't be afraid, my boy, to work;
You've got to, if you mean to win] He is a coward who will shirk;
" Roll up your sleeves, and then 'go in I'
Don't wait for chances; look about I
There's always something you can do. He who will manfully strike out,
Finds labor; plenty of it, too! But he who folds his hands and waits
For " something to turn up, " will find The toiler passes Fortune's gates.
While he, alas, is left behind I
Be honest as the day is long;
Don't grind the poor man for his cent. In helping others, you grow strong,
And kind deeds done are only lent; And this remember: if you're wise,
To your own business be confined, He is a fool, and fails, who tries
His fellow-men's affairs to mind.
Don't be discouraged and get the blues
If things don't go to suit you quite; Work on'! Perhaps it rests with you
To set the wrong that worries, right. Don't lean on others! Be a man!
Stand on a footing of your own! Be independent, if you can,
And, cultivate a sound backbone!
Be brave and steadfast, kind and true,
With faith in God and fellow-man, And win from them a faith in you,
By doing just the best you can!
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