...invariably with the "under dog." He is the man who compares favorably with Kipling's ideal, "Who dares Greet the embarrassed Gods, Nor fears to shake the iron hand of Fate, Nor match with Destiny for beers." His dignity and high ideals have been an inspiration to many young...

...blood: his heart Leaps, as a babe's, at little things. ***** * Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets th' embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. We all know that this is unfair, and that there is more than half a chance that Kipling would himself...

...blood — his heart Leaps, as a babe's, at little things. Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets th' embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast — And, in the teeth of all the schools, I...

...tune for us. It is not too high. His American is boastful, careless, and irrationally optimistic. " Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets the embarrassed...iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers." A person who would offer to shake hands with Fate is certainly lacking in a fine sense of propriety....

...penknives. Something of that spirit which Kipling credits to the soul of America, the spirit which " Greets the embarrassed gods nor fears To shake the...iron hand of fate Or match with Destiny for beers," belongs to the jack-knife. Nor is that spirit, even in these days of scientific efficiency, to be despised,...

...keen untroubled face Home, to the instant need of things. Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets th' embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast — And, in the teeth of all the schools, I...

...entitled " An American," which contains the following stanza : " Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets th' embarrassed Gods, nor fears To shake the iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers." These lines, unconsciously perhaps, describe to perfection the nonchalant attitude of the average American...

...American." We do not even recognize it very clearly in Mr. Rudyard Kipling's extrordinary portrait: "Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets the embarrassed...iron hand of fate, Or match with Destiny for beers. " So, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast, And in the teeth of all the schools I —...

...while Reproof around him rings, He turns a keen untroubled face Home, to the instant need of things. Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets the embarrassed...iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast — And, in the teeth of all the schools, I...

...while Reproof around him rings, He turns a keen untroubled face Home, to the instant need of things. Enslaved, illogical, elate, He greets the embarrassed...iron hand of Fate Or match with Destiny for beers. Lo, imperturbable he rules, Unkempt, disreputable, vast — And, in the teeth of all the schools, I...