We follow in the paths of those of old,
Take note their battles lost and battles won,
Reflecting on the stories that they told.

For there is nothing new under the sun.
What was before still is and yet will be.
Though much has changed, tis no new race we run.

And so we learn their forms, for thus we see
Our common world through glasses made of gold
And in the wisdom gained there, grow more free.

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