Fated to live after their time
The common saying that a person “was born ahead of his time” expresses a future oriented view, suggesting that the future is better, and the person missed it by having been born too early. Bob Dylan beautifully turned that around in “Chimes of Freedom”:
Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail Posted by Lawrence Auster at January 29, 2011 12:41 PM | Send Email entry |