"The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old worried face." Jim Bishop. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay BUT "Almost all current events in the affairs of governments and nations have their parallels and precedents in the past." Harry S. Truman
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Through a glass darkly
Glass in this case means mirror, or looking glass. I don't remember my father ever speaking about a mirror, he always said looking glass. There was glass in the Apostle Paul's day, but it was coloured, not transparent, and probably not smooth enough to make a mirror. The mirrors used in his day were made … Continue reading Through a glass darkly
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