"The unhistorical are usually, without knowing it,..." - Quote by C S Lewis
The unhistorical are usually, without knowing it, enslaved to a fairly recent past.
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“The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.”
“We have our arts, the ancients had theirs... We cannot raise obelisks a hundred feet high in a single piece, but our meridians are more exact.”
“The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges, and other projects... It gave men and women a chance to make some money along with the satisfaction of knowing they earned it.”
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“If you don't heal the wounds of your childhood, you bleed into the future.”
“There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.”
“If you believe that feeling bad will change a past event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.”