To preserve the past is to save the future...

Nanette L. Avery
About This Quote

To preserve the past is to save the future. In this quote, William Wordsworth is saying that the ultimate goal of history is not just to record our past but to save it for the future. This is a theme that runs throughout his work, including his iconic poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood."

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