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1 | 00:01:55,417 | 00:01:57,874 | Listen patiently. | Listen patiently. |
2 | 00:02:04,458 | 00:02:09,907 | We, who are the last men, earnestly desire to communicate with you. | We, who are the last men, earnestly desire to communicate with you. |
3 | 00:02:47,375 | 00:02:49,366 | I am speaking to you now | I am speaking to you now |
4 | 00:02:49,542 | 00:02:54,912 | from a period about two thousand million terrestrial years in your future. | from a period about two thousand million terrestrial years in your future. |
5 | 00:03:02,208 | 00:03:05,200 | Astronomers have made a startling discovery, | Astronomers have made a startling discovery, |
6 | 00:03:05,375 | 00:03:08,663 | which assigns a speedy end to humankind. | which assigns a speedy end to humankind. |
7 | 00:03:20,750 | 00:03:23,708 | We can help you - | We can help you - |
8 | 00:03:23,875 | 00:03:26,036 | and we need your help. | and we need your help. |
9 | 00:04:41,583 | 00:04:45,405 | When your writers romance about the future, | When your writers romance about the future, |
10 | 00:04:45,583 | 00:04:49,872 | they imagine a progress toward some kind of utopia | they imagine a progress toward some kind of utopia |
11 | 00:04:50,042 | 00:04:54,365 | where beings like themselves live in unmitigated bliss. | where beings like themselves live in unmitigated bliss. |
12 | 00:04:59,750 | 00:05:02,287 | No such paradise existed | No such paradise existed |
13 | 00:05:02,458 | 00:05:06,497 | through the eons that lie between your age and mine. | through the eons that lie between your age and mine. |
14 | 00:05:13,875 | 00:05:19,700 | Instead, we have watched huge fluctuations of joy and woe, | Instead, we have watched huge fluctuations of joy and woe, |
15 | 00:05:21,958 | 00:05:26,122 | the results of changes not only in humanity's environment, | the results of changes not only in humanity's environment, |
16 | 00:05:28,875 | 00:05:31,867 | but also in its fluid nature. | but also in its fluid nature. |
17 | 00:05:47,417 | 00:05:50,909 | Human existence has been less like a mountain torrent | Human existence has been less like a mountain torrent |
18 | 00:05:53,250 | 00:05:57,368 | than a great sluggish river, seldom broken by rapids. | than a great sluggish river, seldom broken by rapids. |
19 | 00:06:11,958 | 00:06:16,782 | Ages of dormancy, often of stagnation, | Ages of dormancy, often of stagnation, |
20 | 00:06:17,792 | 00:06:23,367 | filled with monotonous problems and toils of countless almost identical lives, | filled with monotonous problems and toils of countless almost identical lives, |
21 | 00:06:26,208 | 00:06:30,121 | were punctuated by rare bursts. | were punctuated by rare bursts. |
22 | 00:06:55,375 | 00:06:58,287 | Existence has always been precarious. | Existence has always been precarious. |
23 | 00:06:59,375 | 00:07:03,493 | At any stage of its career, humanity might have been exterminated | At any stage of its career, humanity might have been exterminated |
24 | 00:07:03,667 | 00:07:07,330 | by some slight alteration to its chemical environment, | by some slight alteration to its chemical environment, |
25 | 00:07:08,292 | 00:07:12,080 | by a more than usually malignant microbe, | by a more than usually malignant microbe, |
26 | 00:07:12,250 | 00:07:15,367 | by a radical change of climate, | by a radical change of climate, |
27 | 00:07:15,542 | 00:07:18,614 | by the manifold effects of its own folly, | by the manifold effects of its own folly, |
28 | 00:07:26,833 | 00:07:29,415 | Or by some celestial event. | Or by some celestial event. |
29 | 00:07:49,708 | 00:07:56,113 | And so it was that humanity detected a volume of non-luminous gas. | And so it was that humanity detected a volume of non-luminous gas. |
30 | 00:08:10,417 | 00:08:14,490 | Calculation showed that this object and the sun | Calculation showed that this object and the sun |
31 | 00:08:14,667 | 00:08:19,286 | were approaching one another at a tangent and would collide. | were approaching one another at a tangent and would collide. |
32 | 00:08:28,625 | 00:08:34,996 | As a result of this, the sun would flare up and expand prodigiously. | As a result of this, the sun would flare up and expand prodigiously. |
33 | 00:08:53,583 | 00:08:58,282 | Life would be quite impossible on any of the planets | Life would be quite impossible on any of the planets |
34 | 00:08:58,458 | 00:09:02,155 | save, perhaps, Neptune. | save, perhaps, Neptune. |
35 | 00:09:22,000 | 00:09:23,865 | Some of our predecessors, | Some of our predecessors, |
36 | 00:09:24,042 | 00:09:28,866 | realizing that they themselves could never live on the inhospitably remote planet, | realizing that they themselves could never live on the inhospitably remote planet, |
37 | 00:09:29,042 | 00:09:33,035 | advocated an orgiastic celebration of pleasure until the end. | advocated an orgiastic celebration of pleasure until the end. |
38 | 00:10:13,292 | 00:10:17,661 | But at length, our earlier species excelled itself | But at length, our earlier species excelled itself |
39 | 00:10:17,833 | 00:10:22,532 | in an almost unanimous resolve to devote its remaining centuries | in an almost unanimous resolve to devote its remaining centuries |
40 | 00:10:22,708 | 00:10:27,748 | to the production of a new human species into a new world. | to the production of a new human species into a new world. |
41 | 00:11:17,500 | 00:11:21,994 | Ten more species succeeded one another on the plains of Neptune. | Ten more species succeeded one another on the plains of Neptune. |
42 | 00:11:32,167 | 00:11:36,160 | We, the 18th, are the last men. | We, the 18th, are the last men. |
43 | 00:12:24,292 | 00:12:27,284 | If you could enter this world of the last men, | If you could enter this world of the last men, |
44 | 00:12:27,458 | 00:12:29,790 | you would find some things familiar | you would find some things familiar |
45 | 00:12:29,958 | 00:12:34,076 | and much that would seem strangely distorted and perverse. | and much that would seem strangely distorted and perverse. |
46 | 00:12:36,792 | 00:12:41,411 | You would encounter creatures recognizably human, | You would encounter creatures recognizably human, |
47 | 00:12:41,583 | 00:12:45,451 | yet in your view grotesque. | yet in your view grotesque. |
48 | 00:12:49,708 | 00:12:55,533 | Some of these fantastic beings you would find covered with fur or mole velvet, | Some of these fantastic beings you would find covered with fur or mole velvet, |
49 | 00:12:55,708 | 00:12:58,290 | revealing the underlying muscles. | revealing the underlying muscles. |
50 | 00:13:02,750 | 00:13:06,948 | Others display brown, yellow, or ruddy skin, | Others display brown, yellow, or ruddy skin, |
51 | 00:13:07,125 | 00:13:10,788 | and yet others a translucent ash-green. | and yet others a translucent ash-green. |
52 | 00:13:26,292 | 00:13:31,662 | You might call us faun-like, ape-like, | You might call us faun-like, ape-like, |
53 | 00:13:31,833 | 00:13:36,122 | bear-like, or even elephantine. | bear-like, or even elephantine. |
54 | 00:15:21,708 | 00:15:25,405 | Yet some characteristics are common to all of us. | Yet some characteristics are common to all of us. |
55 | 00:15:27,500 | 00:15:32,665 | The upward-looking astronomical eye on the crown of the skull would shock you. | The upward-looking astronomical eye on the crown of the skull would shock you. |
56 | 00:15:50,833 | 00:15:57,409 | This organ, when fully extended about a handbreadth from its bony case, | This organ, when fully extended about a handbreadth from its bony case, |
57 | 00:15:57,583 | 00:16:03,738 | reveals the heavens in as much detail as your astronomical telescopes. | reveals the heavens in as much detail as your astronomical telescopes. |
58 | 00:17:21,750 | 00:17:26,323 | Scattered about the green plains of our colonized planet, | Scattered about the green plains of our colonized planet, |
59 | 00:17:26,500 | 00:17:28,912 | you would notice many buildings. | you would notice many buildings. |
60 | 00:17:38,667 | 00:17:43,866 | These buildings would seem like geometrical mountains to you. | These buildings would seem like geometrical mountains to you. |
61 | 00:17:49,875 | 00:17:54,915 | In many cases, the whole fabric is translucent or transparent. | In many cases, the whole fabric is translucent or transparent. |
62 | 00:17:55,083 | 00:18:01,079 | So that at night, with internal illumination, it appears as an edifice of light. | So that at night, with internal illumination, it appears as an edifice of light. |
63 | 00:18:53,458 | 00:18:57,781 | Springing from a base twenty or more miles across, | Springing from a base twenty or more miles across, |
64 | 00:18:57,958 | 00:19:03,578 | the star-seeking towers attain a height where even the atmosphere is breached. | the star-seeking towers attain a height where even the atmosphere is breached. |
65 | 00:19:41,125 | 00:19:44,697 | Some of them are almost as old as our species. | Some of them are almost as old as our species. |
66 | 00:19:47,083 | 00:19:49,825 | Some are not yet completed. | Some are not yet completed. |
67 | 00:20:13,958 | 00:20:17,496 | Every successive culture has expressed itself | Every successive culture has expressed itself |
68 | 00:20:17,667 | 00:20:20,989 | in one or more of these supreme monuments. | in one or more of these supreme monuments. |
69 | 00:20:29,833 | 00:20:33,997 | In their summits work the hosts of our astronomers: | In their summits work the hosts of our astronomers: |
70 | 00:20:34,167 | 00:20:40,914 | The essential eyes through which our community peers across the boundless ocean of space. | The essential eyes through which our community peers across the boundless ocean of space. |
71 | 00:20:49,708 | 00:20:53,030 | Each of us goes there, at one time or another. | Each of us goes there, at one time or another. |
72 | 00:20:54,292 | 00:20:57,534 | Together, we perform the symbolic acts | Together, we perform the symbolic acts |
73 | 00:20:57,708 | 00:21:02,452 | which replaced the debased rites of your religions long ago. | which replaced the debased rites of your religions long ago. |
74 | 00:23:30,667 | 00:23:34,740 | Our children are very different beings from the first human children. | Our children are very different beings from the first human children. |
75 | 00:23:36,083 | 00:23:40,782 | Their number in our world is small in relation to our immense population. | Their number in our world is small in relation to our immense population. |
76 | 00:23:42,000 | 00:23:46,494 | Yet, seeing that every one of us is potentially immortal, | Yet, seeing that every one of us is potentially immortal, |
77 | 00:23:46,667 | 00:23:51,036 | you may wonder how we permit ourselves to have any children at all. | you may wonder how we permit ourselves to have any children at all. |
78 | 00:23:59,250 | 00:24:05,576 | Our policy is to produce new individuals of a higher order than ourselves. | Our policy is to produce new individuals of a higher order than ourselves. |
79 | 00:24:10,458 | 00:24:14,622 | As a result, we need a continuous supply of children. | As a result, we need a continuous supply of children. |
80 | 00:24:22,208 | 00:24:24,915 | The fetus is carried for twenty years. | The fetus is carried for twenty years. |
81 | 00:24:27,875 | 00:24:30,457 | Infancy lasts for about a century | Infancy lasts for about a century |
82 | 00:24:30,625 | 00:24:34,789 | when the foundations of body and mind are slowly laid. | when the foundations of body and mind are slowly laid. |
83 | 00:25:04,417 | 00:25:11,118 | When our children attain physical adolescence, nearly a thousand years after birth, | When our children attain physical adolescence, nearly a thousand years after birth, |
84 | 00:25:11,292 | 00:25:16,286 | they leave the safe paths of childhood to spend another thousand years | they leave the safe paths of childhood to spend another thousand years |
85 | 00:25:16,458 | 00:25:21,873 | in one of the polar continents known as the land of the young. | in one of the polar continents known as the land of the young. |
86 | 00:25:28,125 | 00:25:33,870 | There, our young people live the half-primitive, half-sophisticated life | There, our young people live the half-primitive, half-sophisticated life |
87 | 00:25:34,042 | 00:25:36,454 | that suits their nature. | that suits their nature. |
88 | 00:25:40,125 | 00:25:41,956 | They love | They love |
89 | 00:25:43,292 | 00:25:45,123 | and hate. | and hate. |
90 | 00:28:19,750 | 00:28:23,948 | We live through all the mistakes of thought and action | We live through all the mistakes of thought and action |
91 | 00:28:24,125 | 00:28:27,413 | that humankind has ever made. | that humankind has ever made. |
92 | 00:28:29,000 | 00:28:34,745 | And, at last, we emerge ready for a world of maturity. | And, at last, we emerge ready for a world of maturity. |
93 | 00:29:40,875 | 00:29:46,199 | The designers of our species set out to produce a new order of mentality | The designers of our species set out to produce a new order of mentality |
94 | 00:29:46,375 | 00:29:50,914 | in a system of distinct brains held in telepathic unity. | in a system of distinct brains held in telepathic unity. |
95 | 00:29:55,458 | 00:30:00,498 | The immense difference between ourselves and all other human species | The immense difference between ourselves and all other human species |
96 | 00:30:00,667 | 00:30:03,989 | lies in the group-mind. | lies in the group-mind. |
97 | 00:30:46,083 | 00:30:50,656 | When these individuals join in simultaneous mental unity, | When these individuals join in simultaneous mental unity, |
98 | 00:30:51,375 | 00:30:56,449 | the entire past of the species appears as a personal memory. | the entire past of the species appears as a personal memory. |
99 | 00:31:22,833 | 00:31:25,905 | They are able to enter into past minds. | They are able to enter into past minds. |
100 | 00:32:19,042 | 00:32:25,197 | Away from those contented to remain on the planet's surface are the navigators | Away from those contented to remain on the planet's surface are the navigators |
101 | 00:32:25,375 | 00:32:29,869 | who embody humanity's proud mastery of interstellar space. | who embody humanity's proud mastery of interstellar space. |
102 | 00:32:34,500 | 00:32:39,665 | The navigators mentally form a unique class among us | The navigators mentally form a unique class among us |
103 | 00:32:39,833 | 00:32:42,449 | because they spend so much of their time | because they spend so much of their time |
104 | 00:32:42,625 | 00:32:46,994 | in the empty regions beyond the range of telepathic communication. | in the empty regions beyond the range of telepathic communication. |
105 | 00:32:54,292 | 00:32:58,114 | They are a Hardy, simple, and modest folk. | They are a Hardy, simple, and modest folk. |
106 | 00:34:13,083 | 00:34:19,329 | Recently, an exploration ship returned from a voyage into the outer tracts through space. | Recently, an exploration ship returned from a voyage into the outer tracts through space. |
107 | 00:34:22,750 | 00:34:25,366 | Half the crew had died. | Half the crew had died. |
108 | 00:34:28,833 | 00:34:31,415 | The survivors were emaciated | The survivors were emaciated |
109 | 00:34:34,083 | 00:34:36,574 | and mentally unbalanced. | and mentally unbalanced. |
110 | 00:34:38,958 | 00:34:42,826 | Throughout the voyage, an unexpected alteration | Throughout the voyage, an unexpected alteration |
111 | 00:34:43,000 | 00:34:46,538 | taking place in a neighboring star was observed. | taking place in a neighboring star was observed. |
112 | 00:34:50,083 | 00:34:55,908 | It began to change from white to Violet and increase in brightness. | It began to change from white to Violet and increase in brightness. |
113 | 00:35:03,708 | 00:35:07,781 | When the ship returned, the crew flung open the ports | When the ship returned, the crew flung open the ports |
114 | 00:35:07,958 | 00:35:11,701 | and staggered blubbering into the arms of the crowd. | and staggered blubbering into the arms of the crowd. |
115 | 00:35:17,875 | 00:35:22,869 | These poor human wrecks have shown a phobia of the stars | These poor human wrecks have shown a phobia of the stars |
116 | 00:35:23,042 | 00:35:25,533 | and of all that is not human. | and of all that is not human. |
117 | 00:35:28,417 | 00:35:30,874 | They dare not go out at night. | They dare not go out at night. |
118 | 00:35:32,292 | 00:35:34,783 | They cannot find companionship. | They cannot find companionship. |
119 | 00:35:39,208 | 00:35:43,622 | They cling piteously to the sweets of individual life, | They cling piteously to the sweets of individual life, |
120 | 00:35:47,292 | 00:35:50,284 | a mere defense against reality. | a mere defense against reality. |
121 | 00:37:54,542 | 00:37:56,658 | Listen patiently. | Listen patiently. |
122 | 00:38:01,167 | 00:38:05,160 | The navigators have made a startling discovery. | The navigators have made a startling discovery. |
123 | 00:38:07,375 | 00:38:09,787 | It is something unprecedented: | It is something unprecedented: |
124 | 00:38:11,708 | 00:38:17,908 | A normal star suffering from a fantastic acceleration of its vital process. | A normal star suffering from a fantastic acceleration of its vital process. |
125 | 00:38:20,292 | 00:38:26,572 | We hoped that our sun might prove too distant to be seriously influenced, | We hoped that our sun might prove too distant to be seriously influenced, |
126 | 00:38:26,750 | 00:38:29,822 | but this hope had to be abandoned. | but this hope had to be abandoned. |
127 | 00:38:31,583 | 00:38:34,199 | Within thirty thousand years, | Within thirty thousand years, |
128 | 00:38:34,375 | 00:38:39,665 | life will be impossible anywhere within a vast radius of the sun... | life will be impossible anywhere within a vast radius of the sun... |
129 | 00:38:39,833 | 00:38:42,040 | So vast a radius | So vast a radius |
130 | 00:38:42,208 | 00:38:46,872 | that it is quite impossible to propel our planet away fast enough to escape. | that it is quite impossible to propel our planet away fast enough to escape. |
131 | 00:40:54,500 | 00:41:00,040 | The discovery of this doom kindled in us unfamiliar emotions. | The discovery of this doom kindled in us unfamiliar emotions. |
132 | 00:41:15,417 | 00:41:20,161 | Outwardly, everyone behaved with perfect Serenity, | Outwardly, everyone behaved with perfect Serenity, |
133 | 00:41:23,000 | 00:41:26,913 | but inwardly, every mind was in turmoil | but inwardly, every mind was in turmoil |
134 | 00:41:27,083 | 00:41:30,826 | as we faced the sudden destruction of our world. | as we faced the sudden destruction of our world. |
135 | 00:41:47,875 | 00:41:50,332 | There was nothing left for us to do | There was nothing left for us to do |
136 | 00:41:50,500 | 00:41:54,288 | but to crowd as much as possible into our remaining life | but to crowd as much as possible into our remaining life |
137 | 00:41:54,458 | 00:41:57,370 | and meet our end in the noblest manner. | and meet our end in the noblest manner. |
138 | 00:42:19,375 | 00:42:21,661 | And there again came upon us | And there again came upon us |
139 | 00:42:21,833 | 00:42:26,327 | the rare experience of a unified mind among the species. | the rare experience of a unified mind among the species. |
140 | 00:42:29,167 | 00:42:33,661 | For a whole year, every individual entered a trance | For a whole year, every individual entered a trance |
141 | 00:42:33,833 | 00:42:37,121 | in which we resolved many ancient mysteries. | in which we resolved many ancient mysteries. |
142 | 00:43:04,750 | 00:43:07,287 | And in consequence of this, | And in consequence of this, |
143 | 00:43:07,458 | 00:43:13,408 | we found ourselves faced with two tasks that had not yet been contemplated. | we found ourselves faced with two tasks that had not yet been contemplated. |
144 | 00:43:18,333 | 00:43:21,746 | First, we have set about the forlorn task | First, we have set about the forlorn task |
145 | 00:43:21,917 | 00:43:26,786 | of disseminating the seeds of a new humanity among the stars. | of disseminating the seeds of a new humanity among the stars. |
146 | 00:43:38,708 | 00:43:42,621 | We have devised minute electromagnetic wave-systems | We have devised minute electromagnetic wave-systems |
147 | 00:43:42,792 | 00:43:47,957 | individually capable of sailing forward toward the most promising regions of the galaxy. | individually capable of sailing forward toward the most promising regions of the galaxy. |
148 | 00:44:01,250 | 00:44:07,655 | These units are so cunningly interrelated that they combine to form spores of life. | These units are so cunningly interrelated that they combine to form spores of life. |
149 | 00:44:20,000 | 00:44:23,743 | We shall project these particles in immense quantities. | We shall project these particles in immense quantities. |
150 | 00:44:24,833 | 00:44:30,658 | But the chance that any of them will survive to find a suitable environment is small. | But the chance that any of them will survive to find a suitable environment is small. |
151 | 00:44:34,417 | 00:44:39,081 | It is clear to us that the work will not be completed | It is clear to us that the work will not be completed |
152 | 00:44:39,250 | 00:44:42,617 | until the disintegration of our community has begun. | until the disintegration of our community has begun. |
153 | 00:44:51,042 | 00:44:54,785 | The second task that occupies us relates to the past. | The second task that occupies us relates to the past. |
154 | 00:44:59,458 | 00:45:01,744 | We need your help. | We need your help. |
155 | 00:45:40,167 | 00:45:45,366 | We have long been able to enter and participate in the experiences of past minds | We have long been able to enter and participate in the experiences of past minds |
156 | 00:45:45,542 | 00:45:47,749 | as passive spectators. | as passive spectators. |
157 | 00:45:48,958 | 00:45:53,497 | But recently, we have discovered the power of influencing the past. | But recently, we have discovered the power of influencing the past. |
158 | 00:45:55,250 | 00:46:00,370 | This may seem to be an impossibility. A past event is what it is. | This may seem to be an impossibility. A past event is what it is. |
159 | 00:46:06,958 | 00:46:11,156 | But, in certain cases, some feature of a past event | But, in certain cases, some feature of a past event |
160 | 00:46:11,333 | 00:46:14,905 | may depend on an event in the far future. | may depend on an event in the far future. |
161 | 00:46:20,125 | 00:46:22,161 | In certain rare cases, | In certain rare cases, |
162 | 00:46:22,333 | 00:46:28,124 | mental events far separated in time determine one another directly. | mental events far separated in time determine one another directly. |
163 | 00:46:40,958 | 00:46:45,201 | The past can help us learn once again | The past can help us learn once again |
164 | 00:46:45,375 | 00:46:48,788 | that supreme achievement of the human spirit: | that supreme achievement of the human spirit: |
165 | 00:46:50,250 | 00:46:55,449 | The loyalty to the forces of life embattled against death. | The loyalty to the forces of life embattled against death. |
166 | 00:47:28,167 | 00:47:31,739 | But what is it that we seek to contribute to the past? | But what is it that we seek to contribute to the past? |
167 | 00:47:36,667 | 00:47:40,330 | We want to help the past make the best of itself. | We want to help the past make the best of itself. |
168 | 00:47:44,042 | 00:47:49,116 | We seek to direct the attention of past individuals to truths, | We seek to direct the attention of past individuals to truths, |
169 | 00:47:49,292 | 00:47:51,783 | which would otherwise be overlooked. | which would otherwise be overlooked. |
170 | 00:47:55,583 | 00:47:58,575 | Those of us who still care for the life of the mind | Those of us who still care for the life of the mind |
171 | 00:47:58,750 | 00:48:03,665 | are tempted to regret that humankind did not choose decent suicide | are tempted to regret that humankind did not choose decent suicide |
172 | 00:48:03,833 | 00:48:06,666 | before the degeneration began. | before the degeneration began. |
173 | 00:48:08,375 | 00:48:10,991 | But this could not be. | But this could not be. |
174 | 00:48:11,167 | 00:48:14,659 | The mission we undertook had to be completed. | The mission we undertook had to be completed. |
175 | 00:48:17,500 | 00:48:20,867 | This is the last office of humanity. | This is the last office of humanity. |
176 | 00:49:12,583 | 00:49:14,574 | I am speaking to you now | I am speaking to you now |
177 | 00:49:14,750 | 00:49:20,245 | from a period about two thousand million terrestrial years in your future. | from a period about two thousand million terrestrial years in your future. |
178 | 00:49:26,000 | 00:49:28,867 | It has become very difficult to reach you, | It has become very difficult to reach you, |
179 | 00:49:35,625 | 00:49:38,697 | And still more difficult to speak to you. | And still more difficult to speak to you. |
180 | 00:51:03,042 | 00:51:05,158 | Some centuries have now passed | Some centuries have now passed |
181 | 00:51:05,333 | 00:51:10,373 | since the sun began to show the first symptoms of disintegration: | since the sun began to show the first symptoms of disintegration: |
182 | 00:51:10,542 | 00:51:14,911 | Namely a slight change of color toward the blue, | Namely a slight change of color toward the blue, |
183 | 00:51:15,083 | 00:51:18,496 | followed by a definite increase of brightness and heat. | followed by a definite increase of brightness and heat. |
184 | 00:51:43,167 | 00:51:49,288 | The deluge of solar radiation has had a disastrous effect on the human organism. | The deluge of solar radiation has had a disastrous effect on the human organism. |
185 | 00:51:56,250 | 00:51:59,287 | We are the wreckage of our former selves. | We are the wreckage of our former selves. |
186 | 00:52:57,708 | 00:53:03,157 | The normal power of telepathic communication is now so unreliable | The normal power of telepathic communication is now so unreliable |
187 | 00:53:03,333 | 00:53:09,158 | that we have been compelled to fall back upon the archaic practice of vocal symbolism. | that we have been compelled to fall back upon the archaic practice of vocal symbolism. |
188 | 00:53:58,958 | 00:54:02,246 | Away from the sun's destructive heat, | Away from the sun's destructive heat, |
189 | 00:54:02,417 | 00:54:08,663 | we are forcing our planet outward from its old orbit in an ever-widening spiral. | we are forcing our planet outward from its old orbit in an ever-widening spiral. |
190 | 00:54:14,667 | 00:54:19,957 | But we have not been able to prevent the climate from becoming more and more deadly, | But we have not been able to prevent the climate from becoming more and more deadly, |
191 | 00:54:24,375 | 00:54:27,617 | even at the poles where we have migrated. | even at the poles where we have migrated. |
192 | 00:54:28,708 | 00:54:32,701 | The intervening regions have all been deserted. | The intervening regions have all been deserted. |
193 | 00:54:39,250 | 00:54:43,869 | Evaporation of the oceans has thrown the whole atmosphere into tumult. | Evaporation of the oceans has thrown the whole atmosphere into tumult. |
194 | 00:56:55,958 | 00:57:00,577 | Now and again, we meet together, the few that prevail, | Now and again, we meet together, the few that prevail, |
195 | 00:57:01,750 | 00:57:04,662 | to hearten ourselves with one another's presence. | to hearten ourselves with one another's presence. |
196 | 00:57:11,458 | 00:57:14,621 | We can only sit in silence, | We can only sit in silence, |
197 | 00:57:14,792 | 00:57:18,614 | groping for consolation and for strength. | groping for consolation and for strength. |
198 | 00:57:24,500 | 00:57:28,914 | Sometimes, the spoken word flickers between us, | Sometimes, the spoken word flickers between us, |
199 | 00:57:29,083 | 00:57:34,203 | shedding a brief light but little warmth. | shedding a brief light but little warmth. |
200 | 00:58:01,583 | 00:58:03,869 | But listen patiently. | But listen patiently. |
201 | 00:58:12,000 | 00:58:14,833 | This is not our last word. | This is not our last word. |
202 | 00:58:26,083 | 00:58:33,205 | We, the last men, still have something in us left from the time that is past. | We, the last men, still have something in us left from the time that is past. |
203 | 00:59:09,000 | 00:59:13,573 | The stars have their beginnings and their ends. | The stars have their beginnings and their ends. |
204 | 00:59:15,000 | 00:59:19,539 | For a few moments, somewhere in between, | For a few moments, somewhere in between, |
205 | 00:59:19,708 | 00:59:24,122 | a few, very few, may support thought. | a few, very few, may support thought. |
206 | 00:59:55,833 | 00:59:59,655 | The universal end comes in due course. | The universal end comes in due course. |
207 | 01:00:10,083 | 01:00:15,157 | After the end, events unknowable will continue | After the end, events unknowable will continue |
208 | 01:00:15,333 | 01:00:20,657 | in a time much longer than that which will have passed since the beginning. | in a time much longer than that which will have passed since the beginning. |
209 | 01:00:27,958 | 01:00:34,784 | The whole duration of humanity, its evolution and many successive species, | The whole duration of humanity, its evolution and many successive species, |
210 | 01:00:34,958 | 01:00:39,577 | is but a flash in the lifetime of the cosmos. | is but a flash in the lifetime of the cosmos. |
211 | 01:00:52,375 | 01:00:58,450 | Looking at the heavens and at the Violet splendor that seeks to destroy us, | Looking at the heavens and at the Violet splendor that seeks to destroy us, |
212 | 01:00:59,833 | 01:01:03,451 | we are filled with awe and pity: | we are filled with awe and pity: |
213 | 01:01:08,458 | 01:01:13,578 | Awe for the inconceivable potential of this bright host | Awe for the inconceivable potential of this bright host |
214 | 01:01:20,958 | 01:01:27,033 | And pity for its self-thwarting effort to supplant the universal spirit. | And pity for its self-thwarting effort to supplant the universal spirit. |
215 | 01:01:38,458 | 01:01:42,656 | We find ourselves filled, in spite of everything, | We find ourselves filled, in spite of everything, |
216 | 01:01:42,833 | 01:01:46,246 | with a triumphant love of our fate. | with a triumphant love of our fate. |
217 | 01:04:00,833 | 01:04:03,199 | Great are the stars, | Great are the stars, |
218 | 01:04:08,625 | 01:04:12,197 | And humankind is of no account to them. | And humankind is of no account to them. |
219 | 01:04:27,625 | 01:04:32,449 | But humankind is a fair spirit, | But humankind is a fair spirit, |
220 | 01:04:47,042 | 01:04:49,624 | Whom a star conceived | Whom a star conceived |
221 | 01:04:51,500 | 01:04:54,116 | and a star kills. | and a star kills. |