The trees of Eden, as the King James would have it, were "pleasant to the sight, and good for food." That is, the trees that might be said to have been given to Adam excited his anticipation, and sated him momentarily. Thus also it is with time, to us. We can anticipate a moment, and try to make use of it, as we might anticipate food and then destroy it in the eating, but we can never possess either. Neither time, nor anything else, is ever really given to us, or is ever our possession.
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