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Today's reading was edited and adapted from Spunk, How to Lick Fear, by David V. Bush, published in 1924.

There is nothing but eternal victory for the person who can take defeat with smiling grace

and appoys confidence in their ultimate

triumph. Defeat is only another way for reaching one's goal, and as a rule, the more defeats

you have, the greater will be your power in the end. All the world's a stage, and we are merely players.

All life is a schoolroom where we learn our daily lessons, and the more obstacles we face

in life's lessons, the more strength we shall have for accomplishing ultimate success.

We learn to swim by trying.

Our efforts seem at first to be in vain.

We sink. We struggle.

We come to the top and spit out water.

We catch our breath quickly and try desperately to keep our head above water.

We did not succeed in swimming the first time we made the effort, but the one who tries the

second time and the third time, the one who goes under but comes up again for the fourth and fifth time, who

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