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It refers to the fact that although our past and future may reflect the decisions we have made, who we are is what really counts. In other words although we have made mistakes in the past and we will surely make mistakes in the future our character and who we are is the most important and it will be the most remembered.
I think Emerson is saying that the spirit can take us beyond things going on outside ourselves, that we are stronger than and can overcome circumstance. We shouldn't let things going on around us overwhelm us. A person's potential inner strength is bigger than anything the world can throw at us.
I think, but I'm not sure, that "behind" and "before" refers to things and people around us. It could refer to past and future, but considering the rest, I think it's space, not time.
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