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I heard the gods reply: / "Trust not the future with its perilous chance; / The fortunate hour is on the dial now.
"To-day be wise and great, / And put off hesitation and go forth / With cheerful courage for the diurnal need.
"Stout be the heart, nor slow / The foot to follow the impetuous will, / Nor the hand slack upon the loom of deeds.
"Then may the Fates look up / And smile a little in their tolerant way, / Being full of infinite regard for men. "