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It is useless, or almost useless, to offer to Youth the treasures of experience gathered by Age. "When you are my age," says Crabbed Age, "you will know what I know, see as I see." Nothing could be more profoundly false. History does not repeat itself. Evolution forbids. When you are my age, you will not know what I know, but something quite different.
— Jane Ellen Harrison
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It is useless, or almost useless, to offer to Youth the treasures of experience gathered by Age. "When you are my age," says Crabbed Age, "you will know what I know, see as I see." Nothing could be more profoundly false. History does not repeat itself. Evolution forbids. When you are my age, you will not know what I know, but something quite different." in the context of "p. 18" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Jane Ellen Harrison" (Quotes, Alpha and omega (1915))
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About Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850 – 15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar, linguist, and anthropologist.
About Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850 – 15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar, linguist, and anthropologist.
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