HEAT AND COLD. 



were all applicable in a way to the fulfillment of the 

 prophecy. 



Our country is overrun by hordes of strangers from 

 a strange land; the strangers not only take valuables of 

 every order from us all, but also take some of our loved 

 and best neighbors and press them into slavery. The 

 personnel of our nation and town are all subject to call 

 at any time to serve the vilest of our enemies in the form 

 of personal slaves. This condition does not apply to 

 our town or nation, but is applicable to four-fifths of 

 the known world. How shall we rally our forces to 

 oppose the tyrants? Will they take up arms against 

 the Romans? No, never. The Romans are invincible; 

 they have met and subdued the allied forces of nations 

 on a thousand fields. When subdued in the field of ac- 

 tion all are slaves who survive. Better lay low and 

 let the Romans choose those they may, for slaves, and 

 take a chance to be one of the fortunates in escaping 

 the choice of the foe. 



Bravo Across the tide of history a star looms out 

 in its resplendent glory. Liberty enlightening the 

 world. Liberty Liberty, in the prophecy we can see. 

 A prophecy that will unite the human race. A proph- 

 ecy that will find followers within the ranks of the 

 enemy. We will whip the enemy within its own ranks. 

 We will place her soldiers under our banner. We will 

 unite all men beneath one head or god. We fill the 

 prophecy and assume command ; only stumbling block 

 being that the prophecy foretells the birth from a vir- 

 gin. Our mother is not a virgin. She is the dutiful 



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