Past and present

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The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

Requiem for a Nun

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Topic

Effects of the past Past and present The past

Speaker

Stevens

Author

William Faulkner

Source

Requiem for a Nun

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Original Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Random House, 1951.

Current Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Vintage, 2012.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

Past and present The future Disinformation Totalitarianism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

With the Past as past I have nothing to do, nor with the Future as future. I live now.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Being present Living in the moment Past and present Present and future

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. 18 Sept. 1839.

The present is the funeral of the past,
And man the living sepulchre of life.

John Clare

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Topic

Effects of the past Past and present

Author

John Clare

Source

The Present is the Funeral of the Past

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Clare, John. The Present is the Funeral of the Past. c. 1845, I. 1.

Current Citation

Clare, John. "The Present is the Funeral of the Past." The Later Poems of John Clare. Oxford University Press, 1984, I. 1.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

L.P. Hartley

The Go-Between

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Topic

The past Past and present

Author

L.P. Hartley

Source

The Go-Between

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Hartley, L. P. The Go-Between. Hamish Hamilton, 1953, preface.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

Henri Bergson

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Topic

Past and present Effects of the past The past

Author

Henri Bergson

Source

Évolution créatrice

Language

French

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Bergson, Henri. L'Évolution créatrice [Creative Evolution]. 1907.

Current Citation

Bergson, Henri. Creative Evolution. Dover Publications, 1998.

Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Judging the past Past and present

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Synchronizität Als Ein Prinzip Akausaler Zusammenhänge [Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle]

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

German

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Jung, Carl. Synchronizität Als Ein Prinzip Akausaler Zusammenhänge [Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle]. Princeton University Press, 1960.

No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.

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Topic

Past and present The past The present

Author

Thomas Macaulay

Source

The History of England

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England: From the Accession of James II. Vol. 1, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1848.

Current Citation

Macaulay, Thomas. The History of England from the Accession of James II, 5 Volume Set. The Folio Society, 2009.

Things bygone are the only things that last:
The Present is mere grass, quick-mown away;
The Past is stone, and stands for ever fast.

Eugene Lee-Hamilton

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Topic

Past and present The past The present Impermanence

Author

Eugene Lee-Hamilton

Source

Sonnets of the Wingless Hours

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Lee-Hamilton, Eugene. "Roman Baths." Sonnets of the Wingless Hours. Chicago and Cambridge: Stone & Kimball, 1894.

I guess sometimes the past just catches up with you, whether you want it to or not.

The Green Mile

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Topic

Past and present Effects of the past The past

Speaker

Old Paul Edgecomb

Actor

Dabbs Greer

Source

The Green Mile

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Green Mile. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment/Darkwoods Productions, 1999.