DUTY

To do your little bit of toil,

To play life's game with head erect;

To stoop to nothing that would soil

Your honor or your self-respect;

To win what gold and fame you can,

But first of all to be a man.

To know the bitter and the sweet,

The sunshine and the days of rain;

To meet both victory and defeat,

Nor boast too loudly nor complain;

To face whatever fates befall

And be a man throughout it all.

To seek success in honest strife,

But not to value it so much

That, winning it, you go through life

Stained by dishonor's scarlet touch.

What goal or dream you choose, pursue,

But be a man whate'er you do!