2-3 Interesting Things About The Quote To You

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1. What is the main idea?
The main idea of this quote is the impact history makes on us. He compared the history of a society or country to our own. Everything that has happened in the past has made the present what it is.
2. 2-3 interesting things about the quote to you.
“Every man or woman that has met you, every book that you have read...” this quote is interesting to me because I had never realized that whoever we meet and whatever we spend our time doing builds part of our character and makes us who we are.
“The present is merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time.” When I read this I instantly made a connection to the cliche of “everything happens for reason.” All the things that have taken place in history