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Added the two lines necessary to understand his meaning.
He wrote in the ''Ballad of East and West'':
He wrote in the ''Ballad of East and West'':
"Oh, East is East, and West is West,
:"Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
:Till earth and sky stand presently, at God's great Judgment Seat"
:But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
:When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!"
Kipling's other writings included ''Gunga Din'' (1890), ''Kim'' (1901) and the still-popular ''Just So Stories'' (1902). His poem ''If'' topped a [[BBC]] poll for the nation's (UK) favorite poem.
Kipling's other writings included ''Gunga Din'' (1890), ''Kim'' (1901) and the still-popular ''Just So Stories'' (1902). His poem ''If'' topped a [[BBC]] poll for the nation's (UK) favorite poem.