"Live your life that the fear of death is never felt;
With safety in its grasp and peace that passes understanding.
Can never enter your heart;
Yet, God, your love shall never pass away;
A light, a glow, a radiance, that through all eternity stays.
Respect other and their views,
Even if you disagree with them.
For in respecting, we show we love,
And in loving, we are free.
Never judge, and never condemn,
A soul that differs from your own.
For in judging, we condemn ourselves,
And in condemning, we lose our own.
Seek to make your life long,
By living it to the end.
And though you fail, you shall not fall,
For every mistake is a lesson learned.
Perfect your life,
Each passing day.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
But in rising every time we fall.
Shew to the world the best that is in you,
And to yourself be true.
And though no one by your side may stand,
True to yourself, be true.
Sing your best song,
And die like a hero,
Going home."
This poem, "Tecumseh", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is a tribute to Tecumseh, the Native American leader.
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