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Man, not men. MAN NOT MEN
Perhaps, in those days, there were a few among men, a few of clear sight and clean soul, who refused to surrender that word. What agony must have been theirs before that which they saw coming and could not stop! Perhaps they cried out in protest and in warning. But men paid no heed to their warning. And they, these few, fought a hopeless battle, and they perished with their banners smeared by their own blood. And they chose to perish, for they knew. To them, I send my salute across the centuries, and my pity. Theirs is the banner in my hand. And I wish I had the power to tell them that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night was not without hope. For the battle they lost can never be lost. For that which they died to save can never perish. Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on. RMITTED TO BE BROUGHT UPON THEM PERHAPS IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE FEW AMONG MEN A FEW OF CLEAR SIGHT AND CLEAN SOUL WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER THAT WORD WHAT AGONY MUST HAVE BEEN THEIRS BEFORE THAT WHICH THEY SAW COMING AND COULD NOT STOP PERHAPS THEY CRIED OUT IN PROTEST AND IN WARNING BUT MEN PAID NO HEED TO THEIR WARNING AND THEY THOSE FEW FOUGHT A HOPELESS BATTLE AND THEY PERISHED WITH THEIR BANNERS SMEARED BY THEIR OWN BLOOD AND THEY CHOSE TO PERISH FOR THEY KNEW TO THEM I SEND MY SALUTE ACROSS THE CENTURIES AND MY PITY THEIRS IS THE BANNER IN MY HAND AND I WISH I HAD THE POWER TO TELL THEM THAT THE DESPAIR OF THEIR HEARTS WAS NOT TO BE FINAL AND THEIR NIGHT WAS NOT WITHOUT HOPE FOR THE BATTLE THEY LOST CAN NEVER BE LOST FOR THAT WHICH THEY DIED TO SAVE CAN NEVER PERISH THROUGH ALL THE DARKNESS THROUGH ALL THE SHAME OF WHICH MEN ARE CAPABLE THE SPIRIT OF MAN WILL REMAIN ALIVE ON THIS EARTH IT MAY SLEEP BUT IT WILL AWAKEN IT MAY WEAR CHAINS BUT IT WILL BREAK THROUGH AND MAN WILL GO ON
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