[Graf Paper]

Not "dour and defeatist", Deep Iron, more like fatalistic.

There have been times in man's history when he has all too briefly shone with great wisdom and nobility only to have those moments come crumbling down in ruin.

So long as even just one man has greed, hate, or deceit in his heart, this will be the way of all things mankind does.

I am all for people rising up to make the world a better place but, in the long run, man is still merely man.

I suppose that is why revolutions are best left to the youth of the world. They still have the passion to effect social change for the better and innocence to believe it will endure.