Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
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The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking forward, are indeed
Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age
Are petrified forever.

All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.

All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.

Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
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Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O, that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

No living man can send me to the shades
Before my time; no man of woman born,
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No living man can send me to the shades
Before my time; no man of woman born,
Coward or brave, can shun his destiny.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.