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Seems to me that the central point is that there's no failure if you have done what you now to be right. Often people receive acclaim even for lies and despicable acts, while "no good deed goes unpunished", but Yeats seems to be telling this friend to feel no shame however he be judged by others, because he did the right thing. Or to quote a wise man whose name eludes me "Remember that insults are like bad coins. You can’t avoid getting them, but you can always refuse to accept them." Failure in the eyes of others is irrelevant as long as you did your best and your intentions were good.
Sigve R. Leland from Norway