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Strife
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It is so with kings and priests, warriors and meek men. It is so with the prophets of God.
Spirit rages against spirit; the sons of God call upon God to destroy his sons.
In the multitude there are innumerable longings. The desires of a people are like a host of wings that clash together striving to soar.
A multitude of men is as a multitude of worlds; and in the midst of each is a heart’s desire.
Who shall measure the span of the minds of all the living; and the longings of all the generations?
Who shall count the sum of all striving since first there was desire; or tell the pain of all failing since the first heart broke?
The achievement of men is glorious as a tower reaching up to heaven; but the deeds that have had no fruit, and the striving whose fruit is bitterness, cannot be told.
It has left no trace; yet is it great as the host of the dead.
Is it wasted and utterly lost? Or does it live in some good done without knowledge?
Spirit rages against spirit; the sons of God call upon God to destroy his sons.
In the multitude there are innumerable longings. The desires of a people are like a host of wings that clash together striving to soar.
A multitude of men is as a multitude of worlds; and in the midst of each is a heart’s desire.
Who shall measure the span of the minds of all the living; and the longings of all the generations?
Who shall count the sum of all striving since first there was desire; or tell the pain of all failing since the first heart broke?
The achievement of men is glorious as a tower reaching up to heaven; but the deeds that have had no fruit, and the striving whose fruit is bitterness, cannot be told.
It has left no trace; yet is it great as the host of the dead.
Is it wasted and utterly lost? Or does it live in some good done without knowledge?
