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Look not mournfully into the past—it comes not back again; wisely improve the present—it is thine; go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Look not mournfully into the past—it comes not back again; wisely improve the present—it is thine; go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Henry W. Longfellow
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- Approximate author period: c. 1844 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Longfellow. · page_252
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