Time was when I was unknown to fame; I have been called the unknown time. I am the present which was the future, and the future which will be the present. I am the ever active and unchangeable thread running through the perforated beads of the beadsmen, Date. I am the father of the living, and the grandfather of the living. I was, but am not, and shall be, though I have been. I was, and shall be, the first and last of the second. I was, and shall be, the second, but not the first, of the present. I was, and shall be, the present, but not the future, of the past. I was, and shall be, the future, but not the present, of the future. I
