<Dd> That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn: </Dd> <Dd> But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind, </Dd> <Dd> So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind . </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> We moved as the Spirit listed . They never altered their pace, </Dd> <Dd> Being neither cloud nor wind - borne like the Gods of the Market Place, </Dd> <Dd> But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come </Dd> <Dd> That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome . </Dd> </Dl>

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