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Stlhe Stiise Stlheto Stiiseto Striveto to do , and agonue agonlle agonize to do o and fall fail in doIng do doIng doing Ing " Perhaps this same idea gale gage galerI'3e gagerise gaverise rI'3e rI3e rise ' to the rather crude custom of the theearly theearly theearly early Indians to bury In the gra\ gra grave grae grace \ e of oftheir oftheir oftheir their dep'll depll dcpaitcd departed ' ted a gun gum and a dog , so sothat sothat sothat that they then the , might continue contlnup In their ssorlc ssorlcIn " workIn ork orkIn In the Happy Hunting Huntlng Ground Surelythe Surely Surelythe Surelythe the old philosopher was ssiS \ 'lS lS ' right when he hesuggested hesuggested hesuggested suggested that a n human bum'ln bumln ' life was notbuilt not notbuilt notbuilt built as no ; a child chlld would build bul1l1 a n hou.e houe house hou.eof houseof houseof : . of blocks blochs , , just for the thrill thrl1l of seeing seeingIt It tumble down don do\\ do \ n . . . No-Ulere No Ulere No-there there No - - there is an nn eter eler- eler eter- elernal eternal eternal - nal meanID meaning ! ; and purpose In life 1Ife itJ.elf itJelf itself itJ.elfnn itselfand Itselfand : . nn and though thouh tltou4i , ! we ne\ ne never neer neser \ er reach re'lch relch ' the rleal ideal rlealnnl1 idealand ! Idealand nnl1 and much of our \ work orl . must ftccssarlly Olces aces acessarlly : I IsarIly sarIly sarlly remain rem'lin remlin ' unilnisticdYet unfinished unflnlhu unilnisticd unfinishedYet ! ; , ] Yet w we trust tru t that somehow somchow good goodShall Shall be the tho final goal of or 111That Ill , That reetThat feetThat nothing411.8 nothlne nothing \ walks \411.8 411.8 titialhs " . 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