<h2><SPAN name="page12"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE</h2>
<p class="poetry">Don’t look for the flaws as you go
through life;<br/>
And even when you find them,<br/>
It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind,<br/>
And look for the virtue behind them;<br/>
For the cloudiest night has a hint of light<br/>
Somewhere in its shadows hiding;<br/>
It’s better by far to hunt for a star,<br/>
Than the spots on the sun abiding.</p>
<p class="poetry">The current of life runs ever away<br/>
To the bosom of God’s great ocean.<br/>
Don’t set your force ’gainst the river’s
course,<br/>
And think to alter its motion.<br/>
Don’t waste a curse on the universe,<br/>
Remember, it lived before you;<br/>
Don’t butt at the storm with your puny form,<br/>
But bend and let it go o’er you.</p>
<p class="poetry"><SPAN name="page13"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p.
13</span>The world will never adjust itself<br/>
To suit your whims to the letter,<br/>
Some things must go wrong your whole life long,<br/>
And the sooner you know it the better.<br/>
It is folly to fight with the Infinite,<br/>
And go under at last in the wrestle.<br/>
The wiser man shapes into God’s plan,<br/>
As water shapes into a vessel.</p>
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