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Description: Learn more: britlish.com/public/britlish_library/lesson_details.php?id=315 The poem, If-, by Rudyard Kipling was written around 1895, shortly after the birth of Kipling’s son, John. The poem is an example of Victorian stoicism and takes the form of the author’s paternal advice to his son. John Kipling was reported as wounded and missing in 1915 while serving as a Lieutenant during World War I, a post his father had secured him thanks to his social connections and despite his son’s severe myopia. His grave was not identified until 1992. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same: If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings ⁠And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you ⁠Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, ⁠And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son! There are hundreds of British English Lessons in the Britlish Library free for you to use at britlish.com Created by an experienced British English teacher, the lessons in the Britlish Library will help you improve all areas of your English skills from writing and speaking, to listening and reading. The British English lessons in the Britlish Library are full of multimedia content in the form of videos, audio files, animations, and engaging image files. This multimedia content makes learning British English much more fun and engaging than simply reading text in a book. Unlike the video English lessons on the Britlish YouTube channel, the British English lessons in the Britlish Library at britlish.com help you to activate your English skills by giving you plenty of interactive exercises to help you learn, remember, and use the language you acquire. New British English lessons are regularly added to the Britlish Library so there is always something new to learn. The lessons are categorised in the Britlish library at britlish.com into the following categories: English in use lessons, exams and tests lessons, grammar lessons, humour lessons, idioms lessons, information lessons, literature lessons, phrasal verbs lessons, Sounds British pronunciation lessons, spelling lessons, vocabulary lessons, writing lessons, Sounds Rude lessons, and more. There is a complete British English pronunciation course in the Britlish Library at britlish.com which will teach you all you need to know about the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the 44 IPA sounds and symbols of British English pronunciation. Most importantly, all of the lessons in the Britlish Library are free to use for everyone. There is a vocabulary memorisation system developed to make sure you never forget any new English vocabulary. The system is cloud-based and works on any device. Another great service is the most common vocabulary memoriser which will help you to learn, remember, and use more than 4,000 of the most commonly used British English words. Master these 4,000+ vocabulary items and you will be able to understand 90% of British English whether spoken or written. This service is also free to use. If you want to take your English to the next level, visit the Britlish Library at britlish.com today.