The Old Year has gone. The New Year will take possession of the clock of time.
Ring out the old, ring in the new, ring, happy bells, across the snow.
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances.
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. We will open the book. The pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and the first chapter is New Year’s Day.
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past.
