The past lives on in our imaginations and institutions; it s... - Charles Cooley

"The past lives on in our imaginations and institutions; it shapes our present and future."

Charles Cooley History

Sociologist American 1864–1929

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"I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am."

"The looking-glass self is the sum of the impressions of how we appear to others."

"We live in the mind, in ideas, in imagination."

"Society is a relation among individuals."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."