One poem by this author lists a series of conditionals that if fulfilled will allow the addressee to "be a man, my son!", while another speaks of the titular race's obligation to fight "the savage wars of peace".  
One poem by this author lists a series of conditionals that if fulfilled will allow the addressee to "be a man, my son!", while another speaks of the titular race's obligation to fight "the savage wars of peace".  Besides poems "If—" and "The White Man's Burden",  he is also know for novels such as one that follows the son of a railroad tycoon, Harvey Cheyne, called Captains Courageous. But he is perhaps best remembered for children's stories, such as a collection that explains "How the Leopard Got His Spots", the Just- So Stories. FTP, this is what Anglo-Indian author who wrote about the panther Bagheera, the bear Baloo, and the man-cub Mowgli in The Jungle Book?
One poem by this author lists a series of conditionals that if fulfilled will allow the addressee to "be a man, my son!", while another speaks of the titular race's obligation to fight "the savage wars of peace".  
Rudyard Kipling