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a CIVILIZATION!
that would stand the test of time:
to build a legacy
to harness the power of the land
to unite the quarreling tribes
a great Leader
Now it required but one more ingredient:
the family, the village, and the tribe.
the hunt, farming, and the sharing of food,
fire, tools, and weapons,
The fruits of intelligence were many:
Intelligence.
the first faint glimmers of
and there appeared
known as Man
and finally there evolved a species
Reptiles, Dinosaurs, and Mammals
and specialization, natural selection,
And with Life came instinct,
teemed with Life.
and soon every continent and climate
and prospered,
and diversified,
and strengthened, and spread,
But the seeds of Life grew,
clinging to tiny sheltered habitats.
tiny organisms, cells, and amoeba,
the first stirrings of Life appeared:
of Fire and Air and Water
Into this swirling maelstrom
with strange gases.
and charged the atmosphere
and spewed forth fiery lava
Volcanoes erupted
Earthquakes spawned massive tidal waves.
The continents shifted, mountains arose.
and great continents were formed.
The seas parted
massive forces waited to be unleashed.
and deep inside the brittle crust
But the Sun shone upon the sleeping Earth
and void.
the Earth was without form,
In the beginning,