Four Scenes on Destiny
by
Lee
(1)
Somewhere in the world, many years before the rise of the Roman Empire, two certain men met and agreed to be friends. Thus began civilization. As soon as two other men met and entered into a similar contract nations existed and it was possible to wage wars. But soon a man arose who said that war was not good.
"I can end wars!" said the man. "I can end wars!" He showed the people a stick which was held bent by a strip of leather and a stick which had feathers in one end and a point on the other. "... For this is a weapon so horrible that wars will be outlawed." And he demonstrated the bow and arrow.
The people carved pictures on the wallsof their caves to commemorate the man who made peace.
(2)
Rome rose and Rome fell. The earth was red with blood and the fields were made feritle with the bodies of men.
Within the walls of a great castle a sailor begged audience with a nobleman.
"Well?" asked the noble, "what do you wish?"
"Sir," said the sailor, "I can end wars!"
"What?"
"I have a weapon so horrible that wars will be outlawed!" and he showed the nobleman a weapon like a metal tube and a powder which he called "gunpowder".
(3)
The mighty Emperor of Japan is no longer a god and the mighty city of Hiroshima is no longer.
A great machine has been built which is called the Betatron and another which is called the "Mechanical Brain". This is a monument to the advancement of civilization and the high intelligence level which man has reached.
In the laboratory of a great physicist two men are talking.
"Do you think the Reds will really start a world war?" one asked.
"Naw," replied his friend.
"But on the video last nite the president said that war was a possibility."
"Only a possibility," said his companion, "not a probability."
"Uh huh," his companion agreed.
"Besides the H-bomb is a weapon so horrible that wars will be outlawed." He struck a match and lit a cigaret.
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(4)
As calculated by Christians the year would be 2000 A.D. But the inhabitants of the vast desert that stretched from horizon to horizon do not calculate thus.
Two of these desert-dwellers sat together under one of the coconut palms that dot the vast area of sand. Suddenly a coconut fell from the tree and struck one on the head. With a yelp of pain he dashed off. Then his companion picked up the nut and looke d into the tree. Then an ecpression of excitement crossed his face and he exclaimed aloud, "OGGLA! Gobly, oggle gloop gagga phoff! Yobber poo!" which is freely translated, "Fellow Monkey-People, this is a weapon so horrible that wars will b e outlawed." .......
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Data entry by Judy Bemis
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