“I must be fit for a child's glad greeting,
His are eyes that there is no cheating;
He must behold me in every test,
Not at my worst, but my very best;
He must be proud when my life is done
To have men know that he is my son.”

—  Edgar Guest

Source: All That Matters (1922), p.30 - The Boy's Ideal, final stanza.

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