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Talk not of strength, until your heart has known / And fought with weakness through long hours alone.
Talk not of virtue, till your conquering soul / Has met temptation and gained full control.
Boast not of garments, all unscorched by sin, / Till you have passed, unscathed, through fires within.
Oh, poor that pride the unscarred soldier shows, / Who safe in camp, has never faced his foes.