{"id":90340,"date":"2024-07-11T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=90340"},"modified":"2024-07-10T21:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:05:39","slug":"if-by-rudyard-kipling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/07\/11\/if-by-rudyard-kipling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If -&#8220;, by Rudyard Kipling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5XC18ICRfw?si=cussG-3HLQhlAKqf\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lindybeige<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Jul 10, 2024<\/p>\n<p>A poem with an excellent popularity-to-title-length ratio.<\/p>\n<p>The timeless classic.  A father talks to his son about how to be a good man. If any son ever lived up to all the virtues described, he would certainly be impressive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><em>If you can keep your head when all about you<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,<br \/>\nIf you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But make allowance for their doubting too;<br \/>\nIf you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or being lied about, don&#8217;t deal in lies,<br \/>\nOr being hated, don\u2019t give way to hating,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And yet don&#8217;t look too good, nor talk too wise:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you can dream \u2014 and not make dreams your master;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you can think \u2014 and not make thoughts your aim;<br \/>\nIf you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And treat those two impostors just the same;<br \/>\nIf you can bear to hear the truth you&#8217;ve spoken<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<br \/>\nOr watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And stoop and build &#8217;em up with worn-out tools:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you can make one heap of all your winnings<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<br \/>\nAnd lose, and start again at your beginnings<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And never breathe a word about your loss;<br \/>\nIf you can force your heart and nerve and sinew<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To serve your turn long after they are gone,<br \/>\nAnd so hold on when there is nothing in you<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except the Will which says to them: &#8220;Hold on!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or walk with Kings \u2014 nor lose the common touch,<br \/>\nIf neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If all men count with you, but none too much;<br \/>\nIf you can fill the unforgiving minute<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With sixty seconds&#8217; worth of distance run,<br \/>\nYours is the Earth and everything that&#8217;s in it,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And\u2014which is more \u2014 you&#8217;ll be a Man, my son!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Support me on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Lindybeige\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Lindybeige<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buy the music &#8211; the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblYxcDRzOTV0T3B0R050WjZrOUE4UzZjT0RsZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttUFhIZlNXdUxPeTZhTmtWNm80Y05sTU1RU1h6em0ybmVoSU9ESmtUSHdJRWloWktXcThhc0VPZGg0ZEUtdW96RV80a1A1MEtnN29HTkVnNXIwZnNYbWhoN3BXMnlRM0FIdld3d2w3X3owRTQ5V1lWSQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Flindybeige.bandcamp.com%2Ftrack%2Fthe-mandeville-march&#038;v=x5XC18ICRfw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lindybeige.bandcamp.com\/track&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buy tat (merch):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGQyWlZ4Ujl4bFIwTEswTEV1VUF1c1ZoOWNuUXxBQ3Jtc0tsS29tNUoxQy1GM1Z6YllwSzZpTXlJYW5zOVN1M3ZZSDctZFM5ZVdVNmMyaFBnZnIyV0JON3EtVm1PRXlrbHFGZURTcjhNdi0wSGlkT1NKeG44YXZYV0hqcVBtMVZLQ29UQTR5b0tfOFB3MXUtVGtkVQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bonfire.com%2Fresults%2FLindybeige%2F&#038;v=x5XC18ICRfw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bonfire.com\/results\/Lindy&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me to make.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc Follow me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lindybeige\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lindybeige<\/a>  I may have some drivel to contribute to the Twittersphere, plus you get notice of uploads.<\/p>\n<p>My website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.LloydianAspects.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.LloydianAspects.co.uk<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindybeige Published Jul 10, 2024 A poem with an excellent popularity-to-title-length ratio. 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