“The past is a force that is alive, and, like all living things, growing and maturing, yet preserving a pattern that can be recognized and defined. From the past, we inherit not only patterns and standards, but we inherit vision, insight, strength and courage. The past has passed on to us, as part of our heritage, its unfulfilled dreams and desires, and it bides us keep faith with it in these, as well as in other things, for these, too, are a part of the contribution to advancement and progress.”
— Belle Spafford, General Session of the Relief Society Conference, 4 October 1945
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3 thoughts on ““The past is a force that is alive …””
I need to read more Spafford, I think.
Historians help the past live.
The cadence in the latter part reminds me of poetry; on further reflection, it reminds me of a specific poem:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
I need to read more Spafford, I think.
Historians help the past live.
The cadence in the latter part reminds me of poetry; on further reflection, it reminds me of a specific poem: