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ON THE COACHING LINE.

Get in the game, you merchants and
You lawyers, doctors, preachers too;
You workmen who compose the band
With countless duties yet to do;
You leaders who must head the line,
One dumb play may bring lifelong shame;
Watch every signal, every sign.
Get in the game! Get in the game!

Get in the game—this age is live,
And loafers have no part to play.
If you would win, if you would thrive,
"Keep on your toes" in every fray;
And if you rise or if you fall
It matters not—the Road to Fame
But echoes with the world-wide call:
"Get in the game! Get in the game!"

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