Saturday, August 14, 2021
The Echoes of Our Own Thoughts
Andrew Lang, "Omar Khayyam," The Independent, Vol. XLI, Number 2127 (September 5, 1889) 3-4 (at 3):
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The great charm of all ancient literatures, one often thinks, is the finding of ourselves in the past. It is as if the fable of repeated and recurring lives were true; as if in the faith, or unbelief, or merriment, or despair, or courage, or cowardice, of men long dead, we heard the echoes of our own thoughts, and the beating of hearts that once were our own.
