<<almost before the actors who have striven from them have [not has] passed from the stage.>>
What does "passed from the stage" mean? The notion of "actors striving . . . " is also puzzling. The subject sentence is taken from a quote by jurist Harlan F. Stone:
"Wealth, power, the struggle for ephemeral social and political prestige, which so absorb our attention and energy, are but the passing phase of every age; ninety-day wonders which pass from man’s recollection almost before the actors who have striven from them have passed from the stage."
What does "passed from the stage" mean? The notion of "actors striving . . . " is also puzzling. The subject sentence is taken from a quote by jurist Harlan F. Stone:
"Wealth, power, the struggle for ephemeral social and political prestige, which so absorb our attention and energy, are but the passing phase of every age; ninety-day wonders which pass from man’s recollection almost before the actors who have striven from them have passed from the stage."
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