With the other the weak steps of a new thought.

It takes great strength to bring your life up square

With your accepted thought, and hold it there;

Resisting the inertia that drags back

From new attempts to the old habit’s track.

It is so easy to drift back, to sink;

So hard to live abreast of what you think!

It takes great strength to live where you belong

When other people think that you are wrong;

People you love, and who love you, and whose