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To them, I send my salute across the centuries, and my pity. TO THEM I SEND MY SALUTE ACROSS THE CENTURIES AND MY PITY
fore the Councils of Scholars. They were answered as I have been answered—and for the same reasons. But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice, to their fate. I wonder, for it is hard for me to conceive how men who knew the word “I” could give it up and not know what they lost. But such has been the story, for I have lived in the City of the damned, and I know what horror men permitted to be brought upon them. 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. WERE LOST PERHAPS THESE MEN CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS THEY ANSWERED AS I HAD BEEN ANSWERED AND FOR THE SAME REASONS BUT I STILL WONDER HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE IN THOSE GRACELESS YEARS OF TRANSITION LONG AGO THAT MEN DID NOT SEE WHITHER THEY WERE GOING AND WENT ON IN BLINDNESS AND COWARDICE TO THEIR FATE I WONDER FOR IT IS HARD FOR ME TO CONCEIVE HOW MEN WHO KNEW THE WORD I COULD GIVE IT UP AND NOT KNOW WHAT THEY HAD LOST BUT SUCH HAS BEEN THE STORY FOR I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY OF THE DAMNED AND I KNOW WHAT HORROR MEN PERMITTED 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
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