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Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)

This poem is considered one of the most inspirational guidelines on how to live and act with integrity and develop a winning strategy throughout life, and the poem has garnered much attention in popular culture. The 4 stanzas each deal with different life situations and the best way to overcome the obstacles presented -- and these lines in particular, “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.”, hang in the tennis player’s entrance at Centre Court Wimbledon in England. They are meant to inspire the players to maintain a good attitude-- win or lose. While Kipling wrote poetry, novels, and articles, he is most notably known for his collection of short stories called The Jungle Book, which he wrote in 1894. A British writer, Kipling won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. ( ~ Summary by Michele Fry)

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

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Play 02 IF - Read by AGC Angelique G. Campbell
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Play 03 IF - Read by BK Bruce Kachuk
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Play 04 IF - Read by BLT Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
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Play 08 IF - Read by ERS Eva Staes
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Play 11 IF - Read by GB Garth Burton
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Play 12 IF - Read by GG Greg Giordano
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Play 13 IF - Read by GRS Graham Scott
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Play 14 IF - Read by IK Ian King
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Play 15 IF - Read by KG Kristin G.
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Play 16 IF - Read by LCW Larry Wilson
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Play 17 IF - Read by MAF Michael Fassio
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Play 18 IF - Read by MB Matthew M. Benzing
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Play 19 IF - Read by MPE Mark Ernest
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Play 20 IF - Read by MTF Michele Fry
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Play 21 IF - Read by ND Nan Dodge
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Play 22 IF - Read by NR Nemo
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Play 23 IF - Read by PC Phil Chenevert
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Play 25 IF - Read by SWS Scotty Smith
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Play 26 IF - Read by TP Tomas Peter
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Play 28 IF - Read by WJ William Allan Jones
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