It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past. - George Steiner

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George Steiner: "It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past."

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Achievement	Active	Against	Biological
Borrowed	Cultures	Each	Historical
Identity	Images	Itself	Literal
Mirrors	Mythology	Other	Past
Picture	Possibly	Regress	Rules
Save	Sense	Tests

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