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How the enjoined conscience of one longs to say no, but in good faith it cannot be said, for in this case the mask of ignorance cannot supersede the face of guilt. HOW THE ENJOYED CONSCIENCE OF ONE LONGS TO SAY NO BUT IN GOOD FAITH IT CANNOT BE SAID FOR IN THIS CASE THE MASK OF IGNORANCE CANNOT SUPERSEDE THE FACE OF GUILT
 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. 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. And yet can an individual be blamed for the faults of a society, can personal responsibility be extended to the members of an unknown multitude?  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 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 AND YET CAN AN INDIVIDUAL BE BLAMED FOR THE FAULTS OF A SOCIETY CAN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY BE EXTENDED TO THE MEMBERS OF AN UNKNOWN MULTITUDE
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