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THE BATTLE OF LIFE

In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually on the mat; whose face is marred by dust and sweat; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. He who actually strives to do the deeds, he who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends himself in a worthy cause; he who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and he who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have tasted neither victory nor defeat.