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Quotation from If— by Rudyard Kipling

“If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;”

Rudyard Kipling (spoken by The speaker)

If—, Lines 1-2 (Rewards and Fairies (1910))

Portrait of Rudyard Kipling

The opening condition: calm under pressure and under blame.

Citation: "If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;" — Rudyard Kipling, If—, Lines 1-2 (Rewards and Fairies (1910)). (id if-kipling-q1)

Portrait: Kipling If (Doubleday 1910), Rudyard Kipling, Public domain.

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