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dragon's daughter on Twitter: "Being a huge tennis fan I love the fact that the Rudyard Kipling poem Emilia read on Lockdown Culture was “If”. The lines “If you can meet with
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Triumph and Disaster: The Tragic Hubris of Rudyard Kipling's 'If—' | Christopher Benfey | The New York Review of Books
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Kevin Blue, Ph.D. on Twitter: "Rudyard Kipling quote that apparently greets players on walk to centre court at Wimbledon. Great sport psychologist! http://t.co/u5QJL3GPHT" / Twitter
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Wimbledon on Twitter: ""If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster / And treat those two impostors just the same..." #NationalPoetryDay http://t.co/3wjDaoLdsS" / Twitter
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