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The Thousandth Man One man in a thousand, Solomon says, ‘Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show You can use his purse with no more talk His wrong’s your wrong, and his right’s your right, Hat tip to Gilberto C. for this Manvotional<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Thousandth Man By Rudyard Kipling One man in a thousand, Solomon says, Will stick more close than a brother. And it’s worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. Nine hundred and ninety-nine depend On what the world sees in you, But the Thousandth Man will stand your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,42272],"tags":[42295],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-21840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-manhood","tag-manvotionals"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/friends-500x280.jpg","aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/friends-372x230.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/friends-320x326.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21840"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=21840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBy Rudyard Kipling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nWill stick more close than a brother.
\nAnd it’s worth while seeking him half your days
\nIf you find him before the other.
\nNine hundred and ninety-nine depend
\nOn what the world sees in you,
\nBut the Thousandth Man will stand your friend
\nWith the whole round world agin you.<\/p>\n
\nWill settle the finding for ‘ee.
\nNine hundred and ninety-nine of ’em go
\nBy your looks or your acts or your glory.
\nBut if he finds you and you find him,
\nThe rest of the world don’t matter;
\nFor the Thousandth Man will sink or swim
\nWith you in any water.<\/p>\n
\nThan he uses yours for his spendings,
\nAnd laugh and meet in your daily walk
\nAs though there had been no lendings.
\nNine hundred and ninety-nine of ’em call
\nFor silver and gold in their dealings;
\nBut the Thousandth Man he’s worth ’em all,
\nBecause you can show him your feelings.<\/p>\n
\nIn season or out of season.
\nStand up and back it in all men’s sight\u2014
\nWith that for your only reason!
\nNine hundred and ninety-nine can’t bide
\nThe shame or mocking or laughter,
\nBut the Thousandth Man will stand by your side
\nTo the gallows-foot\u2014and after!<\/p>\n