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Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends wit

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers. – Lewis Mumford, The Brown Decades

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[A]t present my chief work is on the manuscripts of the library—a blessed lot, as nothing could be more interesting, as bringing me into close touch with the ancients, to whom I now belong. – James L. Whitney, “Reminiscences of an Old Librarian,” November 1909 #oldsoul

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The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever. – William Blake

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It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. – Charles Dudley Warner

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What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. – Anthony Crosland

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