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A Father's Prayer
by General Douglas MacArthur
 
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when
he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid;
one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and
humble and gentle in victory.
 
Build me a son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone
should be; a son who will know Thee and that to know himself is
the foundation stone of knowledge.
 
Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the
stress and spur of difficulties and challenge. Here let him learn to
stand up in the storm; here let him learn compassion for those who
fail.
 
Build me a son whose heart will be clean, whose goal will be high;
a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men;
one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; one who
will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
 
And after all these things are his, add, I pray, enough of a sense of
humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself
too seriously. Give him humility, so that he may always remember
the simplicity of greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the
meekness of true strength.
 
Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain".

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