Don DiLego - August 18, 1805 lyrics

This day I completed my 31st year I reflected I had done very little indeed To further the happiness of the human race Or to advance the information of the succeeding generation I viewed with regret the many hours I've spent In indolence, and now soarly feel the want Of that information which those hours would have given me Had they been judiciously expended Hey, have you been judiciously expended? Guess it's all a part of something Bigger than One Guess it's all a part of something Bigger than One I dash from me the gloomy thought And resolve, in future, to redouble my exertions Nature and fortune, they have shown on me And I will shine on them And I will shine on them Yeah I will shine on them And I will shine on them 'Cause in the future I will live 'Cause in the future I will live 'Cause in the future I will live for mankind As I, have heretofore lived for myself