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.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back...
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back...
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back...
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back...
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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. Bellamy's belief that we should live for the present and not dwell on the past and future is seen as a common idea and one that Bellamy expressed throughout his work.

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