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large/10361/revolutions_time_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/revolutionsoftime_01_dunn_64kb
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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. 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
any words of wisdom are imprisoned: out of sight, out of mind, out of heart, out of history. Yet while history is forgotten and misconstrued, it is repeated, for what is life without water, which nourishes 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. ANT PONDS WHERE SO MANY WORDS OF WISDOM ARE IMPRISONED OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND OUT OF HEART OUT OF HISTORY YET WHILE HISTORY IS FORGOTTEN AND MISCONSTRUED IT IS REPEATED FOR WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT ORDER 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
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