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Hymn of Breaking Strain
- ggm 1y agoAnyone 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_Engineer 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"