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And lose, and start again at your beginnings.
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“And lose, and start again at your beginnings.”

Rudyard Kipling

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1910
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Meaning of “And lose, and start again at your beginnings.”

Starting again after loss is presented as a test of composure rather than as evidence that the earlier effort was meaningless.

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If—, third stanza; the surrounding passage describes losing one’s winnings and beginning again.

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