“The best of prophets of the future is the past.”
Journal (28 January 1821).
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“It is obvious: The past was once the future and the future will become the past.”
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)

Source: Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907), Ch.1 The Historical Roots of Christianity the Hebrew Prophets, p. 9

“The past and future are veiled; but the past wears the widow's veil; the future, the virgin's.”
As quoted in Treasury of Thought (1872) by Maturin M. Ballou, p. 521

“The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.”
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections