The past empowers the present, and the sweeping footsteps leading

The past empowers the present, and the sweeping footsteps leading to this present mark the pathways to the future. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes. – Caleb Bingham

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One must always maintain ones connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort. – Gaston Bachelard

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