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		<title>Rudyard Kipling’s “If—” Reimagined by Icons of Resilience</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction by Rudyard KiplingWhen I penned If—, I never imagined it would echo through ages and tongues, quoted by soldiers and schoolboys, rebels and rulers alike. It was born not in triumph, but in quiet contemplation—after failure, disgrace, and the collapse of certainties.This poem was my way of capturing the invisible scaffolding that holds us [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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