To govern and to guard the heart,
To lull the wayward soul to rest,
When hopes and fears distract the breast;
Reason may calm this doubtful strife,
And steer thy bark through various life.”
CHAPTER V
Be Ambitious
INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER V
By Booker T. Washington
Our natures are like oil; compound us with anything,
Yet will we strive to swim to the top.