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All honor to him who shall win the prize,'
The world has cried for a thousand years;
But to him who tries and fails and dies,
I give great honor and glory and tears.
Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your Fingertips, MCR software, 1995.
-- Joaquin Miller, (Sep 8 1839-1913), US poet; He wrote several volumes of verse including Specimens, 1868 and Pacific Poems, 1870.