Soothe the present as much as we may; look forward as hopefully as we can to the future, still the dreadful past must overshadow us. (Arthur Helps)

Soothe the present as much as we may; look forward as hopefully as we can to the future, still the dreadful past must overshadow us.

Arthur Helps

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