the inexorable march of time...
where does this phrase come from?
Can someone tell me where the phrase, “the inexorable march of time” originated? I absolutely love it, but can’t seem to find who came up with it. G. K. Chesterton has “relentless march of time” and Walt Whitman has “long march of time”.
I am at my wits’ end…
Update: I asked this on Mathstodon, and Prof. Michael Kinyon from the University of Denver found an 1876 reference by a R. W. Shufeldt of the U. S. Navy.