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Lydia H. Sigourney

Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865)

Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865)

Time was, is past; thou canst not it recall: time is, thou hast; employ the portion small; time future, is not; and may never be: time present, is the only time for thee.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The same object seen from the three different points of view-the past, the present, and the future – often exhibits three different faces upon us; like those sign-boards over shop doors, which represent the face of a lion as we approach, of a man when we are in front, and of an ass when we have passed.