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title: "1 Different Past Quotes By Scott Herring"
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> [“The past is not another country; it is another life. The texture of daily living is different now than in the past, more different the further back we look, until we find people whose experiences created a psychology we might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-herring/the-past-is-not-another-country-it-is-another-life-the-texture-of/)

Scott Herring

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## More by Scott Herring

> [“History gives us the facts, sort of, but from literary works we can learn what the past smelled like, sounded like, and felt like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-herring/history-gives-us-the-facts-sort-of-but-from-literary-works-we-can/)

Scott Herring

> [“The past is not another country; it is another life. The texture of daily living is different now than in the past, more different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-herring/the-past-is-not-another-country-it-is-another-life-the-texture-of/)

Scott Herring

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