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It Can Be Done

by Joseph Morris and St. Clair Adams

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3Be the Best of Whatever You Are
  4. 4The House by the Side of the Road
  5. 5Four Things
  6. 6If
  7. 7Invictus
  8. 8It Couldn’t Be Done
  9. 9The Welcome Man
  10. 10The Quitter
  11. 11Friends of Mine
  12. 12The Woman Who Understands
  13. 13Wanted — A Man
  14. 14If I Should Die
  15. 15Just Be Glad
  16. 16Opportunity
  17. 17Solitude
  18. 18Unsubdued
  19. 19Work
  20. 20How Did You Die?
  21. 21A Lesson From History
  22. 22Rabbi Ben Ezra
  23. 23To Melancholy
  24. 24The Lion Path
  25. 25The Answer
  26. 26The World Is Against Me
  27. 27Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth
  28. 28Worth While
  29. 29Hope
  30. 30I’m Glad — The Chambered Nautilus
  31. 31Pippa’s Song
  32. 32Ownership
  33. 33A Smiling Paradox
  34. 34The New Duckling
  35. 35Can You Sing a Song?
  36. 36Know Thyself
  37. 37Just Whistle
  38. 38“Might Have Been”
  39. 39The One
  40. 40The Joy of Living
  41. 41There Will Always Be Something to Do
  42. 42Good Intentions
  43. 43Philosophy for Croakers
  44. 44The Fighting Failure
  45. 45Duty
  46. 46The Call of the Unbeaten
  47. 47Polonius’s Advice to Laertes
  48. 48How Do You Tackle Your Work?
  49. 49Man or Manikin
  50. 50Having Done and Doing
  51. 51Faith
  52. 52Opportunity
  53. 53Opportunity
  54. 54Opportunity
  55. 55Opportunity
  56. 56My Philosophy
  57. 57Ulysses
  58. 58Preparedness
  59. 59The Wisdom of Folly
  60. 60See It Through
  61. 61December 31
  62. 62Ring Out, Wild Bells
  63. 63Work
  64. 64Start Where You Stand
  65. 65A Hopeful Brother
  66. 66A Song of Thanksgiving
  67. 67Lose the Day Loitering
  68. 68Playing the Game
  69. 69Resolve
  70. 70When Nature Wants a Man
  71. 71Order and the Bees (From “Henry V.”)
  72. 72Self-Dependence
  73. 73A Little Prayer
  74. 74A Man’s a Man for a’ That
  75. 75Life and Death
  76. 76Life and Death
  77. 77On Being Ready
  78. 78Two at a Fireside
  79. 79To-Day
  80. 80The Arrow and the Song
  81. 81The Inner Light
  82. 82The Things That Haven’t Been Done Before
  83. 83The Has-Beens
  84. 84Wishing
  85. 85Awareness
  86. 86One of These Days
  87. 87God
  88. 88My Triumph
  89. 89To Althea From Prison
  90. 90Grief
  91. 91The Rectifying Years
  92. 92To Those Who Fail
  93. 93Helping’ Out
  94. 94Opening Paradise
  95. 95To the Men Who Lose
  96. 96It May Be
  97. 97Life
  98. 98The Grumpy Guy
  99. 99The Fighter
  100. 100To Youth After Pain
  101. 101Can’t
  102. 102The Struggle
  103. 103Hold Fast
  104. 104Will
  105. 105The Game
  106. 106Courage
  107. 107A Good Name
  108. 108Swellitis
  109. 109Cares
  110. 110Faith
  111. 111Playing the Game
  112. 112What Dark Days Do
  113. 113Gladness
  114. 114It Won’t Stay Blowed
  115. 115The Rainbow
  116. 116The Firm of Grin and Barrett
  117. 117Challenge
  118. 118Your Mission
  119. 119Victory
  120. 120Times Go by Turns
  121. 121To-Day
  122. 122Unafraid
  123. 123Borrowed Feathers
  124. 124Keep on Keepin’ on
  125. 125The Disappointed
  126. 126Let Me Live Out My Years
  127. 127Columbus
  128. 128Per Aspera
  129. 129Tit for Tat
  130. 130The Kingdom of Man
  131. 131Abou Ben Adhem
  132. 132This World
  133. 133Gray Days
  134. 134Laugh a Little Bit
  135. 135A Song of Life
  136. 136A Poor Unfortunate
  137. 137The Trainers
  138. 138Life
  139. 139A Toast to Merriment
  140. 140Mistress Fate
  141. 141Sleep and the Monarch (From “2 Henry IV.”)
  142. 142Never Trouble Trouble
  143. 143Clear the Way
  144. 144One Fight More
  145. 145A Psalm of Life
  146. 146A Creed
  147. 147Battle Cry
  148. 148The Happy Heart
  149. 149If You Can’t Go Over or Under, Go Round
  150. 150Thick Is the Darkness
  151. 151The Belly and the Members
  152. 152The Celestial Surgeon
  153. 153Man, Bird, and God
  154. 154His Ally
  155. 155Submission
  156. 156A Prayer
  157. 157Stability
  158. 158The Bars of Fate
  159. 159Ultimate Act
  160. 160He Whom a Dream Hath Possessed
  161. 161Success
  162. 162Play the Game
  163. 163The Man Who Frets at Worldly Strife
  164. 164Serenity
  165. 165Here’s Hopin’
  166. 166Cleon and I
  167. 167The Pessimist
  168. 168A Problem to Be Solved
  169. 169Prospice
  170. 170The Greatness of the Soul
  171. 171Heinelet
  172. 172Stand Forth!
  173. 173Lions and Ants
  174. 174Life, Not Death
  175. 175The Unmusical Soloist
  176. 176On Down the Road
  177. 177Meetin’ Trouble
  178. 178Press On
  179. 179My Creed
  180. 180Co-Operation
  181. 181The Noble Nature
  182. 182Days of Cheer
  183. 183De Sunflower Ain’t de Daisy
  184. 184The Daffodils
  185. 185A Little Thankful Song
  186. 186Two Raindrops
  187. 187My Wage
  188. 188The Gift
  189. 189Prometheus Unbound
  190. 190Victory in Defeat
  191. 191The Richer Mines
  192. 192Brave Life
  193. 193A Song of To-Morrow
  194. 194The Glad Song
  195. 195Painting the Lily
  196. 196A Pretty Good World
  197. 197Ode to Duty
  198. 198The Syndicated Smile
  199. 199Fairy Song
  200. 200Praise the Generous Gods for Giving
  201. 201Cowards
  202. 202The Word
  203. 203Envoi
  204. 204Jaw
  205. 205The Conqueror
  206. 206Is It Raining, Little Flower?
  207. 207Gradatim
  208. 208Rules for the Road
  209. 209Life
  210. 210Hoe Your Row
  211. 211Borrowing Trouble
  212. 212Undismayed
  213. 213A Hero
  214. 214Will
  215. 215Fable
  216. 216Duty
  217. 217Prayer for Pain
  218. 218Steadfast
  219. 219If
  220. 220The Gifts of God
  221. 221A Philosopher
  222. 222The Life Without Passion
  223. 223Character of a Happy Life
  224. 224Essentials
  225. 225The Stone Rejected
  226. 226Good Deeds
  227. 227You May Count That Day
  228. 228Sadness and Merriment
  229. 229Appreciation
  230. 230Keep Sweet
  231. 231Morality
  232. 232A Hymn to Happiness
  233. 233Opportunity
  234. 234To a Young Man
  235. 235Slogan
  236. 236Smiles
  237. 237Sit Down, Sad Soul
  238. 238Song of Endeavor
  239. 239Keep A-Goin’!
  240. 240When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted
  241. 241Index by Authors

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