Since the future was barred to my progress, I have turned for consolation to the past, gathering up the fragments of my early recollections, and putting them into a form that might live.
William Hazlitt
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth” (1827), Collected Works, Volume XII; Exact wording and attribution checked. Essay contrasting youthful expectations with age and mortality.
- “On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth” (1827), Collected Works, Volume XII
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