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Hymn of Breaking Strain

by Townley on 5/19/25, 12:24 AM with 1 comments

  • by ggm on 5/19/25, 12:28 AM

    Anyone looking nonplussed at this, may not know that Kipling co-invented a ritual for induction of Canadian engineers, a ceremony to mark the birth of their career and their role in society.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_of_the_Calling_of_an_En...

    And this poem is part of it.

    I tend to stop at "Kim" but my mother was rather fond of "Stalkey & Co" and "Puck of Pooks hill"