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   Steve Hayes to simo.runnel@gmail.com   
   Re: What is history?   
   04 Sep 17 05:31:41   
   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 02:27:10 -0700 (PDT), simo.runnel@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >Is history only the past or is it all times?   
   >I think, that it is all times, but mainly the past.   
      
   History is only in the past.   
      
   The present is a moving target -- the moment you think about something   
   that is happening it is already past. And thinking about future events   
   is not history but prediction.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes   
   http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm   
   http://khanya.wordpress.com   
      
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