
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The Two Kinds of People</span><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">By Ella Wheeler Wilcox</span></span></p></div><div><p class="excerpttext" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word1">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word2">two</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word3">kinds</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word4">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word5">people</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word6">on</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word7">earth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word8">to-day;</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word9">Just</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word10">two</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word11">kinds</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word12">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word13">people,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word14">no</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word15">more,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word16">I</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word17">say.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="excerpttext" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word18"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word19">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word20">sinner</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word21">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word22">saint,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word23">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word24">it's</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word25">well</span><span id="word26">understood,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word27">The</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word28">good</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word29">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word30">half</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word31">bad</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word32">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word33">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word34">bad</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word35">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word36">half</span><span id="word37">good.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="excerpttext" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word38"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word39">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word40">rich</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word41">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word42">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word43">poor,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word44">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word45">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word46">rate</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word47">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word48">man's</span><span id="word49">wealth,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word50">You</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word51">must</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word52">first</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word53">know</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word54">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word55">state</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word56">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word57">his</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word58">conscience</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word59">and</span><span id="word60">health.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word61"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word62">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word63">humble</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word64">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word65">proud,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word66">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word67">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word68">life's</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word69">little</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word70">span,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word71">Who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word72">puts</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word73">on</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word74">vain</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word75">airs</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word76">is</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word77">not</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word78">counted</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word79">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word80">man.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word81"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word82">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word83">happy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word84">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word85">sad,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word86">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word87">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word88">swift</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word89">flying</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word90">years</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word91">Bring</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word92">each</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word93">man</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word94">his</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word95">laughter</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word96">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word97">each</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word98">man</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word99">his</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word100">tears.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word101"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No;</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word102">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word103">two</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word104">kinds</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word105">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word106">people</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word107">on</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word108">earth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word109">I</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word110">mean,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word111">Are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word112">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word113">people</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word114">who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word115">lift</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word116">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word117">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word118">people</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word119">who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word120">lean.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word121"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Wherever</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word122">you</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word123">go,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word124">you</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word125">will</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word126">find</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word127">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word128">earth's</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word129">masses</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word130">Are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word131">always</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word132">divided</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word133">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word134">just</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word135">these</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word136">two</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word137">classes.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word138"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word139">oddly</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word140">enough,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word141">you</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word142">will</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word143">find,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word144">too,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word145">I</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word146">ween,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word147">There's</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word148">only</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word149">one</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word150">lifter</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word151">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word152">twenty</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word153">who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word154">lean.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word155"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word156">which</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word157">class</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word158">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word159">you?</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word160">Are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word161">you</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word162">easing</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word163">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word164">load</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word165">Of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word166">overtaxed</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word167">lifters,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word168">who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word169">toil</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word170">down</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word171">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word172">road?</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word173"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Or</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word174">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word175">you</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word176">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word177">leaner,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word178">who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word179">lets</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word180">others</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word181">share</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word182">Your</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word183">portion</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word184">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word185">labor,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word186">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word187">worry</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word188">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word189">care?</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>