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Advice

Men should get them brains of steel,
Hearts that not too keenly feel;
Men should learn betimes to bear
Blinding cold and burning air.
Men should cast aside their books,
Sun themselves in Nature's looks,
Feel the beating heart of things,
Hunt the rivers to their springs.
He that has a great intent,
Must not falter nor repent;
Waves and winds alike shall bless
All his efforts with success.
Crime is folly; all the roads
To the still august abodes
Are with Wisdom; Love and Truth
Are her friends, her playmate Youth.