<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 10px 0px; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-size: 42px; line-height: 50.400001525878906px; font-family: sans-serif, serif; position: relative; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72);">On Quitting</h1></div><div><br></div><div>by Edgar Albert Guest</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">How much grit do you think you've got?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Can you quit a thing that you like a lot?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">You may talk of pluck; it's an easy word,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">And where'er you go it is often heard;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">But can you tell to a jot or guess<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Just how much courage you now possess?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">You may stand to trouble and keep your grin,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">But have you tackled self-discipline?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Have you ever issued commands to you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">To quit the things that you like to do,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">And then, when tempted and sorely swayed,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Those rigid orders have you obeyed?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Don't boast of your grit till you've tried it out,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Nor prate to men of your courage stout,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">For it's easy enough to retain a grin<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">In the face of a fight there's a chance to win,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">But the sort of grit that is good to own<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Is the stuff you need when you're all alone.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">How much grit do you think you've got?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Can you turn from joys that you like a lot?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Have you ever tested yourself to know<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">How far with yourself your will can go?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">If you want to know if you have grit,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Just pick out a joy that you like, and quit.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">It's bully sport and it's open fight;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">It will keep you busy both day and night;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">For the toughest kind of a game you'll find<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Is to make your body obey your mind.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">And you never will know what is meant by grit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Unless there's something you've tried to quit.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></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><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></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. 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