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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. 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
t for its own sake. Those men who survived those eager to obey, eager to live for one another, since they had nothing else to vindicate them—those men could neither carry on, nor preserve what they had received. Thus did all thought, all science, all wisdom perish on earth. Thus did men—men with nothing to offer save their great number—lost the steel towers, the flying ships, the power wires, all the things they had not created and could never keep. Perhaps, later, some men had been born with the mind and the courage to recover these things which were lost; perhaps these men came before 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. IRIT SUCH AS SPIRIT EXISTED BUT FOR ITS OWN SAKE THOSE MEN WHO SURVIVED THOSE EAGER TO OBEY EAGER TO LIVE FOR ONE ANOTHER SINCE THEY HAD NOTHING ELSE TO VINDICATE THEM THOSE MEN COULD NEITHER CARRY ON NOR PRESERVE WHAT THEY HAD RECEIVED THUS DID ALL THOUGHT ALL SCIENCE ALL WISDOM PERISH ON EARTH THUS DID MEN MEN WITH NOTHING TO OFFER SAVE THEIR GREAT NUMBERS LOSE THE STEEL TOWERS THE FLYING SHIPS THE POWER WIRES ALL THE THINGS THAT HAD NOT CREATED AND COULD NEVER KEEP PERHAPS LATER SOME MEN HAD BEEN BORN WITH THE MIND AND THE COURAGE TO RECOVER THESE THINGS WHICH 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
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