Speech to the
Young:
Speech to the Progress-Toward
Say to them,
say to the
down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the
harmony-hushers,
"even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be
night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.
Live not for battles
won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live in the along.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
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