_"To say that the past is of no importance, unworthy of a moment's
regard, because it has gone by, and is no longer anything, is an
argument that cannot be held to any purpose; for if the past has
ceased to be, and is therefore to be accounted nothing in the scale of
good or evil, the future is yet to come, and has never been
anything."_--HAZLITT.
* * * * *
"_In my young days, when I was_ leetle,
_The only steam came from the kettle._
....
"_The_ Gals _on good old Dobbins rid then,
But folks don't do as they used to_ did _then._
....
_"Heigho! I grieve, I grieve
For the good old days of Adam and Eve._"