I had this theory. It was based loosely on the unremarkable observation that the old are always looking back with longin — Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
I had this theory. It was based loosely on the unremarkable observation that the old are always looking back with longin — Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
I had this theory. It was based loosely on the unremarkable observation that the old are always looking back with longin — Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
I had this theory. It was based loosely on the unremarkable observation that the old are always looking back with longin — Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
I had this theory. It was based loosely on the unremarkable observation that the old are always looking back with longin — Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
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I had this theory. It was based loosely on the unremarkable observation that the old are always looking back with longing while the young, with the same longing, look ahead. One man remembers what the other imagines.

— Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
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