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THE BOYS WE NEED

I trust the boy who’s not afraid.

To do his share of work;

Who never is by toil dismayed,

And never tries to shirk.

The boy whose heart is brave to meet

All lions in the way;

Who’s not discouraged by defeat,

But tries another day.

The boy who always means to do

The very best he can;

Who always keeps the right in view,

And aims to be a man.

Such boys as these will grow to be

The man whose heart will guide

The future of our land; and we

Shall speak their names with pride

Edith Segal

persistent confidence purpose to put up with

persistence dignity sympathy to stand up to

confident effort to sympathize

dignity - human dignity. A man’s dignity depends on what he is.

effort - to make an effort; to unite efforts. I shall make every effort to help you. Their effort were successful.

intelligent - an intelligent person; intelligent eyes; an intelligent question or reply. At the competition the boy asked a very intelligent question, the boys from the other team could not answer it.

persistent - to be persistent in something; to do something with amazing persistence. He is persistent in everything he does. Her persistence in studying music is amazing. Persistence and courage are wonderful qualities.

straightforward – a straightforward person; a straightforward explanation; a straightforward answer; to be straightforward about something. It is not always easy to give a straightforward reply.

confident - to be confident of something; to feel confident of something; to be confident of victory; to be confident of success; confident manner; to have confidence in the future; to lose confidence in something. He feels confident of passing the examination. We are confident of success. Are you confident that everything will go well? He answered all the questions with confidence.

purpose - purpose in life; to achieve one’s purpose; to do something on purpose. What purpose do you want it for? I’m sure he has done it on purpose.

sympathy - to express sympathy; to feel sympathy for somebody; to sympathize with somebody. He has no sympathy for such people. I can sympathize with you but I cannot help you.

to put up with - to put up with hardships; to put up with somebody. I can’t put up with it any longer. Their purpose was so important that they were ready to put up with all the hardships.

to stand up to - to stand up to somebody; to stand up to something. The workers had enough courage to stand up to their master. Are you sure the boys have enough character to stand up to difficulties?

a passion sake a sacrifice innocent

passionate to establish guilt decent

humanity to sacrifice guilty indecent

passion - to have a passion for reading (travelling); a passionate fighter for freedom and

passionate independence; passionate spectators; to be passionately devoted to …; to believe passionately in … Ann has a passion for music. Millions of people in the world believe passionately in a peaceful future for humanity.

humanity - the whole of humanity. We are looking forward to a future without wars for all of humanity on this beautiful planet.

sake - for the sake of; for my (his, your, our country’s) sake. We must be patient for the sake of peace. He worked hard for the sake of his family.

to establish - to establish a system or an organization; to establish one’s own business; to establish communications with other people; to establish one’s reputation; to establish friendly relations. There he set out to establish his own business. These performances established the singer’s international reputation.

sacrifice - the man sacrificed his life to save the drowning child. Parents often make sacrifices for the sake of their children.

guilt - to be guilty of something; to look guilty; a guilty look; a guilty person;

guilty a guilty conscience. He felt he was guilty of nothing. She couldn’t imagine what she was guilty of.

innocent - to be innocent of something; an innocent look; to look innocent. Don’t be so innocent as to believe everything he says. Don’t look so upset, it was just an innocent joke.

decent - decent people; decent clothes; decent language and behavior; to look decent; to speak decently about something; to treat somebody decently; to behave decently.

indecent - never tell stories that are not decent. They only want the chance to live their lives decently. We could not expect him to do an indecent thing.