People who grow up without a sense of how yesterday has effected today are unlikely to have a strong sense of how today affects tomorrow. It is only when we become conscious of the flow of time that the consequences of action…. become a consideration. It is only when we have perspective on our lives that motives besides immediate gratification can come into play.
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I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed.
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