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The people of the past waged unjust wars. They had superstition and prejudices that clouded their visions of morality, and the product of that is a large amount of taboos and precedents and traditions that are immoral or meaningless. THE PEOPLE OF THE PAST WAGED UNJUST WARS THEY HAD SUPERSTITION AND PREJUDICES THAT CLOUDED THEIR VISIONS OF MORALITY AND THE PRODUCT OF THAT IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TABOOS AND PRECEDENTS AND TRADITIONS THAT ARE IMMORAL OR MEANINGLESS
re. What men have seen in the past leads them in their future actions, and as a result, it is not the future that controls the present and defines the past, but it is the past which controls the present and defines the future. What sense is there in abandoning the mountain of wisdom that the past has built up and leaping blindly into hazy, unknown actions and institutions? The past is steady, Jehu, and it is known; it is the only sensible way." Thus spoke Wagner. It was then the King's turn, and he said as follows: "The past is the past, not the present nor the future, its time has been spent, its part in the theater of life is over, it is extinct. Jehu, Wagner speaks of us as rebelliously breaking taboos that were formed by our forefathers, but that is not true. In the present more is known than was known in the past, they had outdated views and opinions, and their ideologies were vulgar and unsophisticated. At present we are more knowledgeable, more refined than what has gone before. TROLS THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE WHAT MEN HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST LEADS THEM IN THEIR FUTURE ACTIONS AND AS A RESULT IT IS NOT THE FUTURE CONTROLS THE PRESENT AND DEFINES THE PAST BUT IT IS THE PAST WHICH CONTROLS THE PRESENT AND DEFINES THE FUTURE WHAT SENSE IS THERE IN ABANDONING THE MOUNTAIN OF WISDOM THAT THE PAST HAS BUILT UP AND LEAPING BLINDINGLY INTO HAZY UNKNOWN ACTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS THE PAST IS STEADY DUE AND IT IS KNOWN IT IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE WAY THUS SPOKE WAGNER IT WAS THEN THE KING'S TURN AND HE SAID AS FOLLOWS THE PAST IS THE PAST NOT THE PRESENT NOR THE FUTURE ITS TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ITS PART IN THE THEATRE OF LIFE IS OVER IT IS EXTINCT JEHO WAGNER SPEAKS OF US AS REBELLIOUSLY BREAKING TABOOS THAT WERE FORMED BY OUR FOREFATHERS BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE IN THE PRESENT MORE IS KNOWN THAN WAS KNOWN IN THE PAST THEY HAVE OUR DATED VIEWS AND OPINIONS AND THEIR IDEOLOGIES WERE VULGAR AND UNSOPHISTICATED AT PRESENT WE ARE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE MORE REFINED THAN WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
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