We are so far identical with our ancestors and our contemporaries that it is very rarely we can see anything that they do not see. It is not unjust that the sins of the fathers should be visited upon the children, for the children committed the sins when in the persons of their fathers.


Personal Identity - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part IV - Memory and Design

Samuel Butler Quotes

We are so far identical with our ancestors and our contemporaries that it is very rarely we can see anything that they do not see. It is not unjust...

We are so far identical with our ancestors and our contemporaries that it is very rarely we can see anything that they do not see. It is not unjust...

We are so far identical with our ancestors and our contemporaries that it is very rarely we can see anything that they do not see. It is not unjust...

We are so far identical with our ancestors and our contemporaries that it is very rarely we can see anything that they do not see. It is not unjust...