Book/Printed Material Poems of pep and point for public speakers,
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Image 81 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 75 THE DAY THAT’S ALWAYS THE SAME. Oh, day to all our hearts so dear Thou art so far that seem’st so near, So dose at hand, yet never…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 82 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 76 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT PUT-OFF TOWN. Did you ever go to Put-off Town, Where the houses are old and tumbledown, And everything tarries and everything drags, With dirty streets and…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 83 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 77 DETERMINATION. NEVER DESPAIR. Never despair, though all your hopes are shattered; Never despair, though all your dreams are o’er; Though all the plans you thought so good are…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 84 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 78 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT DISCRETION. DON’T BOAST. When making a bid for the big things of life Don’t boast of the honors you’ll get And don’t be too knowing to…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 85 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 79 MENTAL ACTIVITY. Yes, clean yer house an’ clean yer shed, An’ clean yer barn in every part But brush the cobwebs from yer head, An’ sweep the snowbanks…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 86 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 80 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT DOMESTIC. WILLIE AND THE BABY. Willie tied the baby’s ear Firmly to the chandelier. Baby chuckled, full of glee ’Twas her ear of corn, you see.…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 87 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 81 THE ANGRY MAID. The butter had refused to come, And with an angry gleam In both her eyes, the dairy maid Got mad and whipped the cream. Schenectady…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 88 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 82 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT MY WIFE’S WAY. She keeps the clocks all fast a bit, Can always tell you just how much. I can not see the sense of it,…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 89 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 83 DUTY. OTHER FOLKS WILL. There’s only one method of meeting life’s test; Just keep on a-striving and hope for the best. Don’t give up the ship and retire…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 90 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 84 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT MY TASK. To love some one more dearly every day, To help some wandering child to find the way To ponder o’er a noble thought, and…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 91 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 85 EFFICIENCY. THE LAND OF “ANYHOW.” Beyond the Isle of “What’s-the-Use,” Where “Slipshod Point” is now, There used to be, when I was young, The Land of “Anyhow.” “Don’t…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 92 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 86 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT DO YOUR LEVEL BEST. Do your level best, boys, always, everywhere; Never mind what others do, you act fair and square. Duty’s call is urgent, and…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 93 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 87 EGOTISM. THE PEACOCK. It often happens that the person who makes the greatest pre- tensions is outclassed in real accomplishment of things worth while by those of humble…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 94 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 88 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT THE CONCEITED COINS. “I’m just as good as silver!” The Nickel proudly cried; ‘‘The head of Madam Liberty Is stamped upon my side. I am as…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 95 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 89 EMOTION. LITTLE DRESSES ON THE LINE. I’ve seen “Old Glory” floatin’ in the breeze I’ve felt like gettin’ down upon my knees To see her flutterin’ there In…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 96 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 90 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT ENCOURAGEMENT. JUST TELL THEM SO. There’s much to do the whole day through, And little use complaining, For the darkest night will change to light, And…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 97 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 91 WHEN FEELIN’ SAD AND BLUE. Sometimes you feel discouraged, But you don’t know what about While other folks are glad and gay, You’re feelin’ down and out. No…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 98 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 92 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT A NEW LEAF. To the desk of his teacher a little lad came With his eyes downcast and his cheeks aflame; And he said in a…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 99 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 93 WHEN SOME ONE CARES. Just a friendly word or two Or a sympathetic smile, And glad courage comes anew, Shortening the weary mile. Just the clasp of some…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 100 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 94 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT AND SAY HULLO! When you see a man in woe, Walk right up and say, “Hullo Say “Hullo,” and “How d’ye do How’s the world a-usin’…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 101 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 95 KEEP CHEERING SOME ONE ON. Don’t you mind about the triumphs, Don’t you worry after fame Don’t you grieve about succeeding, Let the future guard your name. All…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 102 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 96 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT ENTERPRISE. OF RISEN CITIES. On Apr. 18, 1906, San Francisco was rocked in the throes of a mighty earthquake, followed by flames bursting forth in all…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 103 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 97 ENTHUSIASM. PLAYING THE GAME. Life is a game with a glorious prize. If we only play it aright. It is give and take and build and break, And…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 104 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 98 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT THE YELLS. Hear the students with their yells Cheering yells What a world of pep and grit their unity compels Hear them holler, holler, holler, Through…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 105 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 99 But when you cheer, you college studes, And howl hooray hooroo And when you holler rah rah rah I dearly envy you. For you can laugh and you…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 106 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 100 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT EXAMPLE. THE BOY SCOUT IN WALL STREET. In front of the Sub-Treasury building in New York City is a bronze tablet which represents George Washington in…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 107 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 10! THAT’S ENOUGH. A number of school teachers were discussing the possibility of using the word “that” several times consecutively in one sen- tence, which induced one of them…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 108 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 102 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT FAITH. THE WIND THAT BLOWS IS BEST. Whichever way the wind doth blow, Some heart is glad to have it so Then blow it east or…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 109 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 103 THE WASHERWOMAN’S SONG. In a very humble cot, In a rather quiet spot, In the suds and in the soap, Worked a woman full of hope; Working, singing,…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 110 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 104 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT FOR AN AGE OF STRUGGLE. (“He that believeth shall not make haste.” Isa. 28: 16.) I watch the faces these men wear, Dark with impatience, scarred…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 111 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 105 THE KITE STRING. He stood aside from his playmates, His sightless eyes to the sky, And the cord in his hand was tightly drawn By the kite that…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 112 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 106 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT BELIEVE, O FRIEND. Impossible, you say, that man survives The grave that there are other lives? More strange, O friend, that we should ever rise Out…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 113 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 107 IN THE GREAT ADVENTURE. I wonder why we pity so Those who have died and gone alone, As if indeed we felt them wronged Of some sweet right…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 114 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 108 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT “HE THAT BELIEVETH.’’ “He that believeth shall not make haste.” Isa. 28: 16. “The king’s business requires haste.” 1 Sam. 21 8. He that believeth shall…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 115 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 109 WE’LL ALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. When dear ones have left us to journey afar O’er mountain or prairies or sea, Our thoughts travel oft where the loving ones…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 116 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 110 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT THE BLIND CHILD. I know what mother’s face is like, Although I can not see; It’s like the music of a bell It’s like the roses…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 117 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 111 FAME. THE ENDURING THINGS. Fame is but a fleeting thing; Money oft is quickly spent; Conquests do not always bring Happiness and real content. Heroes die and are…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 118 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 112 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT FARMING. COMES OUT ALL RIGHT. The farmer leads a stormy life His days are filled with battles. With many foes he is at strife; He dodges…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 119 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS 113 His song is a dream of the season to be, From the blade to the waving June, Till the fields unfold into autumn gold That shall crown his…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918
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Image 120 of Poems of pep and point for public speakers, 114 POEMS OF PEP AND POINT FATE. SOME THINGS SURE. A little bit o’ sorrow, And a little bit o’ song, To-day and then to-morrow, As the old world bumps along. A…
- Contributor: Brown, William Herbert
- Date: 1918