Laudator Temporis Acti: Behind the Time

Behind the Time

Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 4 (Solomon Gill speaking):

'But competition, competition—new invention, new invention—alteration, alteration—the world's gone past me.'

Id.:

'I have fallen behind the time, and am too old to catch it again. Even the noise it makes a long way ahead, confuses me.'

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 10:15 AM

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