And have marched away, forgetting your base of supplies.
And while the worldly-wise see nothing but shame and ignoble retreat,
And tho far ahead the heart may faint and the flesh prove weak—
To have dreamed that bold dream is glory enough,
Is glory enough for one day.
—William Herbert Carruth, The American Magazine.
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GLORY OF CHRIST
Emery Pottle is the author of this sentiment appropriate to Advent season:
Strange, we so toil to fashion for our unseen ends