I'd like to tell all people
And I wish I knew the way
That for all the future offers
There is a price for me to pay
For who would be a Doctor
And soothe and save the ill
Must earn with years of study
The wisdom and the skill
It matters not the station
Or profession or the trade
Success has certain charges
Which must at least be paid
One is patient study
With which I knowledge buy
Another, after failure
Is the pluck again to try
It's this I'd tell all people
Whatever I wish to be
I might be in the future
If I will pay the fee
For it's only by devotion
And courage respect is earned
And long and patient effort
That wisdom can be learned
