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21. And yet, O Lord, we perceive intervals of times, and we
compare them with themselves, and we say some are longer, others
shorter. We even measure by how much shorter or longer this time may
be than that; and we answer, "That this is double or treble, while
that is but once, or only as much as that." But we measure times
passing when we measure them by perceiving them; but past times, which
now are not, or future times, which as yet are not, who can measure
them? Unless, perchance, any one will dare to say, that that can be
measured which is not. When, therefore, time is passing, it can be
perceived and measured; but when it has passed, it cannot, since it
is not.
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