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Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,
But bear-like I must fight the course.
They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,
But bear-like I must fight the course.
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than read more
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have read more
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
