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large/10361/revolutions_time_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/revolutionsoftime_01_dunn_64kb
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Someone has to bear the burden of shame on the pages of history for the people of his time, and in that sense, maybe I truly can be called their kinsman redeemer. Perhaps it is my fate to bear witness to the wrongs of a people, of which even you are not wholly innocent. SOME ONE HAS TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF SHAME ON THE PAGES OF HISTORY FOR THE PEOPLE OF HIS TIME AND IN THAT SENSE MAYBE I TRULY CAN BE CALLED THEIR KINSMAN REDEEMER PERHAPS IT IS MY FATE TO BEAR WITNESS TO THE WRONGS OF A PEOPLE OF WHICH EVEN YOU ARE NOT WHOLLY INNOCENT
es and sustains it, and what is life without wisdom, which protects and cultivates it? Jehu is my name, though it no longer brings the quickened pulse and keen anticipation of happiness to the hearts of any, not even my own. For what deference can be given to a name, though not in itself a thing of dishonor, which represents the failure to derail the evitable fate which wrecks the race of man again and again. Not that I myself embody such a failure, nor even that I gave birth to the dreaded fate's latest momentum, but as is seen time and again throughout history, one name is brought to represent the tide of change, for better or worse, the doer of deeds which were done not by him, but by a mass of independent doers, yet it is written in the annals of history as the deeds of but one man. While I had little to do, consciously, with the doom of the earth, I will always be fingered as the villain, as the ambitious Napoleon or the barbaric Atilla, the arrogant Augustus or the fearful Cyrus. RDER WHICH NOURISHES AND SUSTAINS IT AND WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT WISDOM WHICH PROTECTS AND CULTIVATES IT GEE WHO IS MY NAME THOUGH IT NO LONGER BRINGS THE QUICKENED PULSE AND KEEN ANTICIPATION OF HAPPINESS TO THE HEARTS OF ANY NOT EVEN MY OWN FOR WHAT DEFERENCE CAN BE GIVEN TO A NAME THOUGH NOT IN ITSELF A THING OF DISHONOUR WHICH REPRESENTS THE FAILURE TO DURALE THE INEVITABLE FATE WHICH RECKS THE RACE OF MAN AGAIN AND AGAIN NOT THAT I MYSELF EMBODY SUCH A FAILURE NOR EVEN THAT I GIVE BIRTH TO THE DREADED FATE'S LATEST MOMENTUM BUT AS IS SEEN TIME AND AGAIN THROUGHOUT HISTORY ONE NAME IS BROUGHT TO REPRESENT THE TIDE OF CHANGE FOR BETTER OR WORSE THE DOER OF DEEDS WHICH WERE DONE NOT BY HIM BUT BY A MASS OF INDEPENDENT DOERS YET IT IS WRITTEN IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY AS THE DEEDS OF BUT ONE MAN WHILE I HAD LITTLE TO DO CONSCIOUSLY WITH THE DOOM OF THE EARTH I WILL ALWAYS BE FINGERED AS THE VILLAIN AS THE AMBITIOUS NAPOLEON OR THE BARBARIC ATTILA THE ARROGANT AUGUSTUS OR THE FEARFUL CYRUS
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