Past and future

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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Fidel Castro

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Topic

Revolution Past and future Political progress Progress Politics

Speaker

Fidel Castro

Source

Speech on the 2nd Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

Spanish

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Castro, Fidel. Discurso Pronunciado por El Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz, Primer Ministro De Gobierno Revolucionario [Speech on the Second Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution]. 2 Jan. 1961, Plaza de la RevoluciĆ³n, Havana, Cuba.

There are always two parties, the party of the Past and the party of the Future; the Establishment and the Movement.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Political parties Past and future

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Historic Notes on Life and Letters in Massachusetts Atlantic Monthly

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Historic Notes on Life and Letters in Massachusetts." Atlantic Monthly. Boston, Oct. 1883.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Historic Notes of Life and Letters in New England." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

Homer

The Iliad

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Past and future

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Homer. į¼øĪ»Ī¹Ī¬Ļ‚ [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 1, l. 70.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 1, l. 70.

The best of Prophets of the future is the Past.

Lord Byron

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Past and future Past as prologue The past The future

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Journals of Lord Byron

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Lord Byron. Journal entry. 28 Jan. 1821.

What's past is prologue.

William Shakespeare

The Tempest

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Topic

Past as prologue Past and future The past

Speaker

Antonio

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Tempest

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

The Past is like a funeral gone by
The Future comes like an unwelcomed guest.

Edmund Gosse

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Topic

Past and future The past The future

Author

Edmund Gosse

Source

May-Day

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Gosse, Edmund. "May-Day." On Viol and Flute. London: Henry S. King, 1873.

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

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Topic

Past and future Impossibility of progress

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Ecclesiastes 1:9).