. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
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. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

The future is much like the present, only longer.

The future is much like the present, only longer.

'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.

'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

You can never tell what the future has in store for you.

You can never tell what the future has in store for you.

There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.

There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.