My Creed

To live as gently as I can;

To be, no matter where, a man;

To take what comes of good or

And cling to faith and honor still;

To do my best, and let that

The record of my brain and hand;

And then, should failure come to me,

Still work and hope for victory.

To have no secret place whereinI stoop unseen to shame or sin;

To be the same when I'm

As when my every deed is known;

To live undaunted,

Of any step that I have made;

To be without pretense or

Exactly what men think I am.

To leave some simple mark

To keep my having lived in mind;

If enmity to aught I show,

To be an honest, generous foe,

To play my little part, nor

That greater honors are not mine.

This,

I believe, is all I

For my philosophy and creed.