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.jpg) Edition of If by Doubleday Page and Company, Garden City, New York, 1910. |
"If—" is a poem written in 1895 by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the "Brother Square Toes" chapter of Rewards and Fairies, Kipling's 1910 collection of short stories and poems. Like William Ernest Henley's "Invictus", it is a memorable evocation of Victorian stoicism and the "stiff upper lip" that popular culture has made into a traditional British virtue. Its status is confirmed both by the number of parodies it has inspired, and by the widespread popularity it still enjoys amongst Britons. It is often voted Britain's favourite poem. This poem was printed, framed and fixed to the wall in front of the study desk in the officer cadets cabins at the National Defence Academy (NDA) at Pune India. The very presence of If in front of each desk, has inspired thousands of the Armed Forces officers trained at the NDA over the last half century. The poem's line, "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same" is written on the wall of the Centre Court players' entrance at the British tennis tournament, Wimbledon, and a part of the poem was read in a promotional video for the Wimbledon 2008 gentleman's final by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
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| Free human-read audio recordings Free human-read audio recordings librivox.org/if-by-rudyard-kipling - Web |
| Authentic digital editions archive of "If—" Authentic digital editions archive of "If—" www.library.dal.ca/DUASC/Digital-Collections/Kipling/Editions/ - Web |
| The If Man: Dr Leander Starr Jameson, the Inspirat... The If Man: Dr Leander Starr Jameson, the Inspiration for Kipling's Masterpiece www.amazon.co.uk/.../ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332861727&sr=1-1 - Web |
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| Rudyard Kipling's "If" made into a song by Six Ele... Rudyard Kipling's "If" made into a song by Six Elements www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNaNKwGVkh0 - Web |
