Time goes, you say?--ah no! // Ours is the eyes' deceit / Of men whose flying feet / Lead through some landscape low; // We pass, and think we see / The earth's fixed surface flee:-- / Alas, Time stays,--we go! // - Henry Austin Dobson (1840 - 1921): The Paradox of Time
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時が過ぎて行く、と言うのか？―ああ違う！／／我々が言うのは目のごまかしだ／飛ぶような足取りで／眼下の景色を見ながら進む；／／我々が通り過ぎるのだが、我々には見える／動かないはずの地表が飛び去るように：―／ああ、時は留まる、―我々が過ぎて行くのだ！／／ - （ヘンリー・）オースティン・ドブソン［ダブスン］ (1840 - 1921): 『時間のパラドックス』
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