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  You can be cheerful at your toil, Or till, perhaps, some patch of soil; You can encourage others who Have heavier, greater tasks to do; You can be loyal, not in creed Alone, but in each thought and deed; You can make sacrifices, too. The country needs a man like you.

Life is a struggle for peace,
 * A longing for rest,

A hope for the battles to cease,
 * A dream for the best;

And he is not living who stays
 * Contented with things,

Unconcerned with the work of the days
 * And all that it brings.