It is the human habit to think in centuries from a grandparent to a grandchild because it just does take about a hundred years for things to cease to have the same meaning as they did before,

Gertrude Stein
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In the poem, "If", English author William Butler Yeats describes a situation where a grandparent is telling his grandson about life and how it's different from his experience. The grandfather explains that life used to be very simple and easy, but now the world is far different and complicated and constantly changes and evolves, with constantly new technology and constantly new social norms and customs. He says: It is the human habit to think in centuries from a grandparent to a grandchild because it just does take about a hundred years for things to cease to have the same meaning as they did before.

Source: Narration: Four Lectures By Gertrude Stein

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