On Time

As someone who is interested in history, the flow of time is oftentimes a great obstacle. It erases all and has no pity on works great or small. The might of empires destroyed, the houses of the common man lost. Time is probably our greatest enemy, for none can stand it, and it has become an obsession. We try to emmulate the past, or to recapture its greatness, but we never get it quite right. It's always different, ever so slightly, it's the different from the thing we try to recreate...