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5
PURPOSE.
If I can live that when I must departSomeone may miss me for a kindly word.
A loving look, a smile of helpfulness,
I shall not live in vain. My purpose is
Not to seek wealth, or fame, or high degree,
But, working ever to some noble end,
Bring happiness to some soul's barren life;
To be the cherished comrade of the sad,
And be remembered but by kindly deeds.
And my reward—only to know this earth
Wherein I lived, and played, maybe has been
A little better for my sojourn here.
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