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Rudyard Kipling's Poem "If" PDF

This poem outlines the characteristics of an ideal man. It describes a man who can remain calm and rational when others lose their heads, trust himself even when doubted by others, wait patiently without growing tired, and not react to lies, hatred, or perceived wisdom with more of the same. It advises treating both triumph and disaster as equals. Such a man can accept hard truths, rebuild after setbacks, accept losses courageously, and persevere through sheer force of will alone. He can interact with all people without losing his integrity or letting any influence him too strongly. Such a man possesses both the earth and true manhood.

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Rudyard Kipling's Poem "If" PDF

This poem outlines the characteristics of an ideal man. It describes a man who can remain calm and rational when others lose their heads, trust himself even when doubted by others, wait patiently without growing tired, and not react to lies, hatred, or perceived wisdom with more of the same. It advises treating both triumph and disaster as equals. Such a man can accept hard truths, rebuild after setbacks, accept losses courageously, and persevere through sheer force of will alone. He can interact with all people without losing his integrity or letting any influence him too strongly. Such a man possesses both the earth and true manhood.

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If

BY RUDYARD KIPLINGL
a
If you can keep your uhead when all about you
n
Are losing theirs and
c blaming it on you,
h
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance A for their doubting too;
u
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
d
Or being lied about,i don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’to give way to hating,
And yet don’t look itoo good, nor talk too wise:
n

If you can dream—and a not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and


N not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with eTriumph and Disaster
w
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear
W
the truth you’ve spoken
i
Twisted by knaves nto make a trap for fools,
d
Or watch the things you
o
gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and buildw ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings


And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,


Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

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