There was the dog that jumped in when his master 

 slipped from the rock, and, swimming beside him, 

 was snapped down in his stead ! And there was the 

 boy who tried a rescue in the dark when a rustle, 

 yelp and growl told that the lions had his dog and was 

 never seen again. 



So it goes, and so it went, from year to year : a 

 little showing now and then, like the iceberg's tip, 

 from which to guess the bulk below. 



There was a Boy who went to seek his fortune. 

 Call him boy or man : the years proved nothing 

 either way ! Some will be boyish always ; others 

 were never young : a few most richly dowered 

 few are man and boy together. He went to 

 seek his fortune, as boys will and should ; no 

 pressure on him from about ; no promise from 

 beyond. For life was easy there, and all was 

 pleasant, as it may be in a cage. ' To-day ' is 

 sure and happy ; and there is no ' to-morrow ' 

 in a cage. 



There were friends enough all kind and true and 

 in their wisdom they said : " Here it is safe : yonder 

 all is chance, where many indeed are called, but few 

 so few are chosen. Many have gone forth ; some 

 to return, beaten, hopeless, and despised ; some to 

 fall in sight outside ; others are lost, we know not 

 where ; and ah ! so few are free and well. But the 

 fate of numbers is unheeded still ; for the few are those 

 who count, and lead ; and those who follow do not 

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