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Mr Pitts, will you open your hymnal
to page 542?
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Read the first stanza
of the poem you find there.
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- "To The Virgins to Make Much of Time"?
- Yes. That's the one.
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Somewhat appropriate, isn't it?
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"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
old time is still a-flying...
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and this same flower that smiles today,
tomorrow will be dying."
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Thank you, Mr Pitts.
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"Gather ye rosebuds
while ye may."
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The Latin term for that sentiment
is carpe diem.
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Now who knows what that means?
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Carpe diem.
That's seize the day.
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- Very good, Mr...
- Meeks.
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Meeks. Another unusual name.
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Seize the day.
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"Gather ye rosebuds
while ye may."
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- Why does the writer use these lines?
- Because he's in a hurry.
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No! Ding!
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Thank you for playing anyway.
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Because we are food for worms, lads.
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Because, believe it or not,
each and every one of us in this room...
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is one day going to stop breathing...
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turn cold, and die.
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I would like you to step forward
over here...
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and peruse some of the faces
from the past.
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You've walked past them many times,
but I don't think
you've really looked at them.
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They're not that different from you,
are they?
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Same haircuts...
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full of hormones just like you.
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Invincible just like you feel.
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The world is their oyster.
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They believe they're destined
for great things just like many of you.
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Their eyes are full of hope
just like you.
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Did they wait until it was too late
to make from their lives...
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even one iota of what
they were capable?
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Because you see, gentlemen, these boys
are now fertilizing daffodils.