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It is not the critic w ho counts:
not the m an w ho points out
how the strong m an stum bles

or w here the d o er of d e e d s

co u ld h a v e d o n e better. The
cred it b elo n gs to the m an
Victoria Lorido w ho is a ctu a lly in the aren a,

w hose fa c e is m arred by
dust a n d sw eat a n d blood,

w ho strives valiantly, w ho errs
a n d co m e s up short a g a in

a n d a g a in , b e c a u se there
is no effort w ithout error or

shortcom ing, but w ho knows
the g re a t enthusiasm s, the

g re a t devotions, w ho spends
him self for a w orthy ca u se ;

w ho, a t the best, knows, in
the en d , the trium ph of high
a ch ie v e m e n t, a n d w ho, at

the worst, if he fails, at least

he tails w hile d arin g greatly,
so that his p la c e shall n ever
b e with those co ld a n d timid

souls w ho knew neither victory

nor d e fe a t.
-Theodore Roosevelt