Looking at the past from the present day can make it seem unimaginably distant.
(That is to say, reading history books can make the past seem sterile and settled.)
But looking at the past from the past makes it feel close and present and vibrant.
(which is to say, reading letters, newspapers, and other historic documents written at a time when that past was not settled gives it the feeling that it is still alive.)
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