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A SIMPLE RECIPE
To be a wholly worthy man,
As you, my boy, would like to be,—
This is to show you how you can—
This simple recipe:—
As you, my boy, would like to be,—
This is to show you how you can—
This simple recipe:—
Be honest—both in word and act,
Be strictly truthful through and through:
Fact can not fail.—You stick to fact,
And fact will stick to you.
Be strictly truthful through and through:
Fact can not fail.—You stick to fact,
And fact will stick to you.
Be clean—outside and in, and sweep
Both hearth and heart and hold them bright;
Wear snowy linen—aye, and keep
Your conscience snowy-white.
Both hearth and heart and hold them bright;
Wear snowy linen—aye, and keep
Your conscience snowy-white.
Do right, your utmost—good must come
To you who do your level-best—
Your very hopes will help you some,
And work will do the rest.
To you who do your level-best—
Your very hopes will help you some,
And work will do the rest.
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