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“EQUAL TO EITHER FORTUNE.”[¹]

(PHOEBE CARY.)

[¹] Copyright, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

QUAL to either fortune!” This should be

The motto of the perfect man and true—

Striving to stem the billow fearlessly,

And keeping steadily the right in view,

Whether it be his lot in life to sail