<h2><SPAN name="page148"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>STRENGTH</h2>
<p class="poetry">Who is the strong? Not he who puts to
test<br/>
His sinews with the strong and proves the best;<br/>
But he who dwells where weaklings congregate,<br/>
And never lets his splendid strength abate.</p>
<p class="poetry">Who is the good? Not he who walks each
day<br/>
With moral men along the high, clean way;<br/>
But he who jostles gilded sin and shame,<br/>
Yet will not sell his honour or his name.</p>
<p class="poetry">Who is the wise? Not he who from the
start<br/>
With Wisdom’s followers has taken part;<br/>
But he who looks in Folly’s tempting eyes,<br/>
And turns away, perceiving her disguise.</p>
<p class="poetry">Who is serene? Not he who flees his
kind,<br/>
Some mountain fastness, or some cave to find;<br/>
But he who in the city’s noisiest scene,<br/>
Keeps calm within—he only is serene.</p>
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