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is ended—I dally no more, After to-day I inure myself to run, leap, swim,
 * wrestle, fight,

To stand the cold or heat—to take good aim with a
 * gun—to sail a boat—to manage horses—to
 * beget superb children,

To speak readily and clearly—to feel at home among
 * common people,

And to hold my own in terrible positions, on land
 * and sea.

Not for an embroiderer, (There will always be plenty of embroiderers—I
 * welcome them also;)

But for the fibre of things, and for inherent men and
 * women.

Not to chisel ornaments, But to chisel with free stroke the heads and limbs of
 * plenteous Supreme Gods, that The States may
 * realize them, walking and talking.

Let me have my own way, Let others promulge the laws—I will make no account
 * of the laws,

Let others praise eminent men and hold up peace—
 * I hold up agitation and conflict,

I praise no eminent man—I rebuke to his face the
 * one that was thought most worthy.