retrospection

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-- so mind, young people -- our retrospection will be all to the future.

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  1. The act of looking back on things past; reflection on the past. Drooping she bends o'er pensive Fancy's urn, To trace the hours which never can return; Yet with the retrospection loves to dwell, And soothe the sorrows of her last farewell! Byron, Childish Recollections.
  2. The faculty of looking back on the past: recollection. Canst thou take delight in viewing This poor isle's approaching ruin; When thy retrospection vast Sees the glorious ages past? Swift.

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  • Yet the retrospection is not altogether without solace; for with those gloomy recollections come tender memories of my good old grandmother, like light, fleecy clouds floating over a dark and troubled sea. —  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
  • A little retrospection, perhaps, will determine both these points better than the eloquence of your orators. —  A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795
  • We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people, -- our retrospection will be all to the future. —  Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
  • -- so mind, young people -- our retrospection will be all to the future. —  The Rivals A Comedy
  • “You knew — but away with the vain retrospection, —  Life of Lord Byron
 

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  1. from Latin retrospectus, past participle (not used) of retrospicere, look back: see retrospect.
 

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