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Upon the wreckage of thy yesterday / Design the structure of to-morrow. Lay / Strong corner stones of purpose, and prepare / Great blocks of wisdom, cut from past despair. / Shape mighty pillars of resolve, to set / Deep in the tear-wet mortar of regret. / Work on with patience. Though thy toil be slow, / Yet day by day the edifice shall grow. / Believe in God-in thine own self believe. / All that thou hast desired thou shalt achieve.