 strives valiantly who heirs and comes up short time and time again because there's no effort without error and shortcoming but who does actually strive to do deeds who knows the great enthusiasms the great devotions who spends himself in worthy causes who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least he fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat