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 The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is 
found in the effect was already in the read more 
 The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is 
found in the effect was already in the cause. 
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.
 The light of other days is faded,
 And all their glories past.  
 The light of other days is faded,
 And all their glories past. 
 Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of 
romance is dead. The age of read more 
 Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of 
romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past so long as 
there is a wrong left unredressed on earth. 
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
Move on!It's just a chapter in the past! But don't close the book,just turn the page....
Move on!It's just a chapter in the past! But don't close the book,just turn the page....
 But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
 If bent on groaning ever for the past?  
 But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
 If bent on groaning ever for the past?