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