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    A father prays for his son, asking God to build his son with certain qualities: to be strong yet know his weaknesses, brave but also able to face his fears, proud but humble, wishing for deeds not just words, and to learn from difficulties with compassion. He prays his son will have a clear heart and high goals, will master himself before trying to master others, will look to the future but remember the past. He asks for his son to have a sense of humor but also seriousness, and humility, wisdom, and strength, so that the father will feel he did not live in vain.

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    A father prays for his son, asking God to build his son with certain qualities: to be strong yet know his weaknesses, brave but also able to face his fears, proud but humble, wishing for deeds not just words, and to learn from difficulties with compassion. He prays his son will have a clear heart and high goals, will master himself before trying to master others, will look to the future but remember the past. He asks for his son to have a sense of humor but also seriousness, and humility, wisdom, and strength, so that the father will feel he did not live in vain.

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    A Father'S Prayer From Gen. Douglas Macarthur

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    A father prays for his son, asking God to build his son with certain qualities: to be strong yet know his weaknesses, brave but also able to face his fears, proud but humble, wishing for deeds not just words, and to learn from difficulties with compassion. He prays his son will have a clear heart and high goals, will master himself before trying to master others, will look to the future but remember the past. He asks for his son to have a sense of humor but also seriousness, and humility, wisdom, and strength, so that the father will feel he did not live in vain.

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    A Father’s Prayer from Gen.

    Douglas MacArthur
    No Part of the Poem Expressive
    1. Build me a son, O Lord, who will
    be strong enough to know when
    he is weak, brave enough to
    face himself when he is afraid,
    one who will be proud and
    unbending in honest defeat,
    and humble and gentle in
    victory.

    2. Build me a son whose wishes A hope for for his son.


    will not take the place of deeds; Expression of believe for his
    a son who will know Thee — son.
    and that to know himself is the
    foundation stone of knowledge.
    3. Lead him, I pray, not in the path A prayers for his son. expression
    of ease and comfort, but under of affection for his son.
    the stress and spur of difficulties
    and challenge. Here let him
    learn to stand up in the storm;
    here let him learn compassion
    for those who fail …

    4 Build me a son whose heart will


    be clear, whose goal will be
    high; a son who will master
    himself before he seeks to
    master other men; one who will
    reach into the future, yet never
    forget the past.
    5 And after all these things are
    his, add, I pray, enough of sense
    of humor, so that he may
    always be serious, yet never
    take himself too seriously.

    6 Give him humility, so that he


    may always remember the
    simplicity of true greatness, the
    open mind of true wisdom, and
    the meekness of true strength.

    7 Then, I, his father, will dare to


    whisper, ‘I have not lived in
    vain.

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