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And each forgets, as he strips and runs With a brilliant, fitful pace, It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones Who win in the lifelong race. And each forgets that his youth has fled, Forgets that his prime is past, Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead, In the glare of the truth at last.

Robert W. Service

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Robert W. Service
Age: 84 †
Born: 1874
Born: January 16
Died: 1958
Died: September 11
Autobiographer
Novelist
Poet
War Correspondent
Writer
Robert William Service
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