Alter | 78 Jahre (verstorben) |
Beruf | Historiker, Journalist |
Geburtsdatum | Montag, 09. Oktober 1899 |
Geburtsort | Petoskey, Michigan, U.S. |
Todesdatum | Montag, 28. August 1978 |
Todesort | Frankfort, Michigan |
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Beschreibung | Charles Bruce Catton war ein US-amerikanischer Journalist und Buchautor und Historiker des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs. Er gewann 1954 den Pulitzer-Preis für „A stillness at Appomattox“. |
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.
In this respect early youth is exactly like old age it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an unknown destination. The chief difference is that youth waits for the morning limited and age waits for the night train.
Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made.
