Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1920 — LIFE. [ARTICLE]

LIFE.

~ iba , tiie victory that counis, tads. It’s t!ie way that you put up the tight. It Isn’t the path that you go, lad*.. As long as you travel it right. It isn’t the goal at the top, boys. That counts when the journey is through; But ( the fellows you’ve helped on th* road, lads, That tell in the balance for you. r It isn’t the pace that you go. lads. It’s the way the fellow who climbs, bit by bit. Who plods when the others are first, lads. Yet stays when the others have quit. It isn’t the smile of the victor. That weaves golden stars for his crown, But the twisted old grin that he gives, lads. The fellow Who smiles when he’* down. It isn’t defeat that will count, lads. Or the things that we gain, you *nd I; But the way that you shoulder your fight, lads, And lived when you wanted to die. It isn’t the things that we do, lads, If we win, or we stumble or fall. But the heart that we’ve brought all the way, lads. That will count at the end of th* trail. —Edna Jaques in Seattle Post-Intelli-gencer.