By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker compares waking history to a traveler seeing truth at dawn after night dreams.
- In plain terms
- Truth becomes clear like dawn after a dark journey.
- What can you take from it?
- Truth emerges clearly over time.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When has truth become clear to you?
- How do you measure progress?
Another view
Relies on a specific metaphor that may not fit all contexts.
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