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Memory, no less than hope, owes its charm to “the far away.”
— Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton ‧ A Lament
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An editorial interpretation.
The passage links the appeal of memory with the appeal of hope, giving both a common source in distance. One looks backward and the other forward, yet each concerns something beyond the immediate moment. Their charm is presented as partly belonging to that remoteness.
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