THREE GATES OF SILENCE.
If you are tempted to reveal A tale some one has told About another, make it pass, Before you speak, three gates of gold: These narrow gates: First, “Is it true ?” This, “Is it needful?” In your mind Give truthful answer And the next Is last and narrowest: “Is it kind?” And if to reach your lips at last It passes through these gateways three, Then you may tell the tale nor fear What the result of speech may be. —“Texas Wrote Ribbon.’
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White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 288, 18 June 1919, Page 7
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87THREE GATES OF SILENCE. White Ribbon, Volume 24, Issue 288, 18 June 1919, Page 7
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