Time was when I was unknown. I am the unknown and silent time, the present. I am the

Time was when I was unknown. I am the unknown and silent time, the present. I am the second in the scale of being, from the solecism of the first, to the possible creation of the third. I am the second, but the first that can be perceived by the aid of the senses. I am the second, but the first that can be perceived by the mind. I am the time that is, and have been, and may be, but have been, and can be, only from the time that has been, and can be, to the time that may be. I am the present, the only time that can be called present, and that can be called nothing else but time. I am the present, the only time that can be called present,