我们无法改变过去,但我们可以改变对过去的看法。
The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.
"La memoria es frágil, pero la literatura puede salvarla del olvido."