Long ago
Long ago adverb - Of the distant or comparatively distant past.
Modern
Modern adjective - Being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles.
Both terms in one sentence
- It may be striking to many how seemingly "modern" their views were, formed so long ago.
Source: Useful Notes / Epicureanism - In modern science fiction, evil cultures are sometimes shown adopting this view (providing an opportunity for a Strawman Political), or else human society adopted it long ago and later suffered the consequences; either way, it's an opportunity for a Green Aesop.
Source: Terra Deforming - Reality Is Unrealistic: Modern readers may question how a bulldog would possibly be able to stand up to a wolf in a fight, but long ago bulldogs were powerful, athletic, and incredibly sturdy, very unlike the waddling, laid-back bulldogs of today.
Source: Literature / White Fang
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