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MY CREED, by                    
First Line: This is my creed: to do some good
Last Line: Could learn to shape my action to it.


This is my creed: To do some good,
To bear my ills without complaining,
To press on as a brave man should
For honors that are worth the gaining;
To seek no profits where I may,
By winning them, bring grief to others;
To do some service day by day
In helping on my toiling brothers.

This is my creed: To close my eyes
To little faults of those around me;
To strive to be when each day dies
Some better than the morning found me;
To ask for no unearned applause,
To cross no river until I reach it;
To see the merit of the cause
Before I follow those who preach it. . . .
To keep my standards always high,
To find my task and always do it:
This is my creed -- I wish that I
Could learn to shape my action to it.





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