What is now in the past was once in the future

“Ecclesiastes calls you the All-powerful; the Maccabees call you the Creator; th…”

“Up to that time, the Republic, the Empire, had been to him only monstrous words…”

“And must I now begin to doubt - who never doubted all these years? My heart is …”

“One can no more prevent the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from re…”