Charles Thomas Newton Quote

The peasant's mind reflects what has been rather than what is. It revolves in the same circle as the more cultivated mind of the nation, but at a much slower rate. On the great dial-plate of time, one is the hour-hand while the other is the minute-hand.

Essays on Art and Archaeology, On the Studies of Archaeology (p. 6), Macmillan & Company Ltd. 1880