“GOOD ENOUGH."

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3726, 6 December 1927, Page 1

“GOOD ENOUGH."

My son, beware of “good enough,” It isn’t made; of sterling stuff; It’s something any man can do, It marks the many from the few, It has no merit to the eye, •' It’s something any man can buy ; It’s name is but a sham and bluff, For it is never “good enough.” With “good enough” the shirkers stop, In every factory and shop; With “good enough” the failures rest, And lose to men who give their best. With “good enough” the ears break down, And men fall short of high renown; My son, remember and be wise, In “good enough” disaster lies. “With “good enough” have ships been wrecked, The forward march of armies checked; Great buildings burned and fortunes lost, Nor can the world compute the cost. In life and money it has paid, Because at “good enough” men stayed;, . Who stops at “good enough” shall find, Success has left him far behind. There is no “good enough” that’s short, Of what you can do and you ought; The flaw which may escape the eye, And temporarily get by. Shall weaken underneath the strain, And wreck ship the car or train; For this is true of men and stuff, Only the best is “good enough.” Edgar A. (Guest.