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You want to follow in my steps? You choose
The Stage for a profession?—Well and good.
But weigh the matter fully. 'Tis no slight
And facile matter when a man decides
What path with all his ardour to pursue
Till death;—and when the path is set with thorns
—With here and there amid the thorns a flower
Splendid (I know it)—then the choice becomes
Of weightier and more solemn import still.—
The Stage for a profession?—Well and good.
But weigh the matter fully. 'Tis no slight
And facile matter when a man decides
What path with all his ardour to pursue
Till death;—and when the path is set with thorns
—With here and there amid the thorns a flower
Splendid (I know it)—then the choice becomes
Of weightier and more solemn import still.—
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