The Call of the Unbeaten

The call of the unbeaten path,
It echoes in the soul,
A challenge to the aftermath,
To make us strong and whole.
So step ye forth, with courage bold,
And face the unknown way,
A story waiting to unfold,
To greet a brighter day.

About Grantland Rice

Henry Grantland Rice was an American sportswriter, columnist, and poet from Tennessee known as the "Dean of American Sports Writers". He published three books of poetry, and coined the famous phrase that it was not important whether you “won or lost, but how you played the game.”

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