Not how did he die, but how did he live? / Not what did he gain, but what did he give? / These are the units to measure the worth / of a man as a man, regardless of birth. / Not, what was his church, nor what was his creed? / But had he befriended those really in need? / Was he ever ready, with word of good cheer, / to bring back a smile, to banish a tear? / Not what did the sketch in the newspaper say, / but how many were sorry when he passed away.