WHICH ARE YOU?
There are two kinds of people on earth to-day ; Just two kinds of people, no more, I say. Not the sinner and saint, for it’s well understood The good are half bad, and the bad are half good. Not the rich and the poor, for to rate a man’s wealth You must first know the state of his conscience and health. Not the humble and proud, for in life’s little span Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man. Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying years Bring each man his laughter and each man bis tears. No; the two kinds of people on earth I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean. Wherever you go, you will find the earth’s masses Are always divided in just these two classes. And, oddly enough, you will find, too, I weeh, There’s only one lifter to twenty who lean. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1516, 29 February 1916, Page 4
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161WHICH ARE YOU? Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1516, 29 February 1916, Page 4
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