Nothing Lasts Forever

“Friends, if you get downhearted about the way the world is and that might always seems to be right, keep in mind that nothing lasts forever. The image above portrays an aspect of the might of the Roman Empire, the invincibility of their legions, the spread of their conquests from Britain in the west to Asia Minor in the East. Yet, they fell and all that is left of what was Rome and its empire are a few ruins here and there in Turkey, in Bath in England, etc. All the rest of the seemingly Eternal Empire has fallen into dust and the illustrious Emperors and their Generals are long gone and largely forgotten. The same fate has befallen all the other Empires too: the Egyptians, the Persians, the Mongols, the Moors, the British, etc. And those who today seek to form an Empire based upon military might will, in time, suffer exactly the same fate as the Romans.

Of course if nuclear war destroys the world and leaves the earth as a mirror of the moon then the empire builders will be vanquished too, destroyed by the very weapons which they thought would ensure their invincibility. How ironic! Men who dream of empires are fools who ignore the lessons of history. And, to be sure, there is a fool born every minute…”