We that are very old, are better able to remember things which befell us in our distant youth, than the passages of later days.

Richard Steele (1672–1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician

Essay (1710-06-06), “On the Death of Friends,” The Tatler, No. 181
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Steele did not provide a title when this essay was published in The Tatler. It is also sometimes called "On Recollections of Childhood." It was published under Steele's pseudonym, Isaac Bickerstaff.