<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511142" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Verdicts</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not in the thick of the fight,<br> Not in the press of the odds,<br>Do the heroes come to their height,<br> Or we know the demi-gods.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That stands over till peace.<br> We can only perceive<br>Men returned from the seas,<br> Very grateful for leave.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They grant us sudden days<br> Snatched from their business of war;<br>But we are too close to appraise<br> What manner of men they are.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And, whether their names go down<br> With age-kept victories,<br>Or whether they battle and drown<br> Unreckoned, is hid from our eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They are too near to be great,<br> But our children shall understand<br>When and how our fate<br> Was changed, and by whose hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our children shall measure their worth.<br> We are content to be blind . . .<br>But we know that we walk on a new-born earth<br> With the saviours of mankind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rudyard+Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511142" data-title="The Verdicts de Rudyard Kipling" data-description="Not in the thick of the fight, Not in the press of the odds, Do the heroes come to their height, Or we know the demi-gods. That stands over till peace. We can only perceive Men returned from the seas, Very grateful for leave. They grant us s..."></div> </div> </div>

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