To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.
The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
The past is where its supposed to be.
The beauty of the past belongs to the past.
The task of understanding the past is neverending.
The past can be used to renew the present, not just to bury it.
I think there's value in experience and observations that link past to present.
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.