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DEFEAT. 
Defeat may be victory in disguise; 
The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. 
DELAY. 
-Longfellow. 
A virtuous deed should never be delay’d. 
The impulse comes from Heav’n; and he who strives 
A moment to repress it, disobeys 
The God within his mind. 
—Thomas Doive. 
DESPAIR. 
Deware of desperate steps! The darkest day, 
Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. 
— Cowper, 
DUTY. 
To say well is good, but to do well is better; 
Do well is the spirit, and say well the letter; 
If do well and say well were fitted in one frame, 
All were won, all were done, and got were all the gain. 
— Anonymous. 
Equanimity. 
Since every man who lives is born to die. 
And none can boast sincere Delicity; 
With equal mind what happens let us bear, 
Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. 
— Anon. 
EYES. 
Those eyes—among thine elder friends, 
Perhaps, they pass for blue. 
No matter,—if a man can see, 
What more have eyes to do ? 
— Holmes. 
