{"id":46,"date":"2019-12-27T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T14:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubraga.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2019-12-27T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T14:01:18","slug":"good-timber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubraga.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/27\/good-timber\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Timber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Douglas Malloch <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe tree that never had to fight
\n     For sun and sky and air and light,
\nBut stood out in the open plain
\n     And always got its share of rain,
\nNever became a forest king
\n     But lived and died a scrubby thing.

\nThe man who never had to toil
\n     To gain and farm his patch of soil,
\nWho never had to win his share
\n     Of sun and sky and light and air,
\nNever became a manly man
\n     But lived and died as he began.

\nGood timber does not grow with ease,
\n     The stronger wind, the stronger trees,
\nThe further sky, the greater length,
\n     The more the storm, the more the strength.
\nBy sun and cold, by rain and snow,
\n     In trees and men good timbers grow.

\nWhere thickest lies the forest growth
\n     We find the patriarchs of both.
\nAnd they hold counsel with the stars
\n     Whose broken branches show the scars
\nOf many winds and much of strife.
\n     This is the common law of life.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Douglas Malloch The tree that never had to fight      For sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open plain      And always got its share of rain, Never became a forest king      But lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had …<\/p>\n

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