Wisdom in two sentences

Paul Greenberg's CV is impressive - Pulitzer Prize winner, editorial page editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the man who coined the phrase "Slick Willie."
In two sentences at the end of his June 7 column, which dealt with battles over wills and massive bequests, Greenberg hits the proverbial grand slam about contemporary attitudes of the left on both sides of the border...
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Respect and disrespect for the past are really a kind of gratitude or ingratitude for those who have come before us. And a society that shows no regard for its past may not have much of a future, either.
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All due credit to Mr. Greenberg.