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WillPitt Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Live not for battles won.
Live not for the-end-of-the-song.
Live for the along

Does the along mean the process?

And if I replace the last sentence with either live for process or live for (the) process, which is correct? I am so confused with the usage of the. Thanks
  

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WillPitt Live for the along WillPitt Does the along mean the process? That would be my guess, but I've never heard anything remotely like this! "Along" is not a noun.

  • WillPitt Live for the along WillPitt Does the along mean the process?
  • That would be my guess, but I've never heard anything remotely like this!
  • "Along" is not a noun.
  • It seems to be a nonce word in this case.
  • WillPitt live for process or live for (the) process, which is correct?
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WillPitt Live for the along
WillPittDoes the along mean the process?
That would be my guess, but I've never heard anything remotely like this! "Along" is not a noun. It seems to be a nonce word in this case.
WillPitt live for process or live for (the) process, which is correct?
I would
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Let's quote the whole poem, as context.

Speech to the Young : Speech to the Progress-Toward

Say to them,
say to the down-keepers,
the sun-slappers,
the self-soilers,
the harmony-hushers,
"even if you are not ready for day
it cannot always be night."
You will be right.
For that is the hard home-run.

Live not for ba

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