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I am the victor. But what does it all mean?
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When there is no one left to remember,
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The great cavalry charge of Gaugamela, or the
mountains of the Hindu Kush,
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When we crossed the 100,000 man army into India.
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He was a God, Cadmos
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or as close as anything I've ever seen.
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"Tyrant!" they yelled so easily, I laugh.
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No tyrant ever gave back so much.
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And what do they know of the world, these school boys?
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it takes strong man to rule.
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Alexander was more, he was Prometheus, a friend to man,
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He changed the world,
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before him, there were tribes, and after him...
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..all was possible.
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There was suddenly a sense the world could be
ruled by one king... be better for all.
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18 Great Alexandrias he built, it was an empire
not of land and gold...
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..but of the mind. Hellenic civilization.
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Open. To All!
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How can I say it? How can I tell you what it is like to be young?
:04:33
To dream, big dreams,
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..to believe when Alexander looked you in the eye,
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You could do anything. Anything!
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In his presence, by the light of Apollo, we were better than ourselves.
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Truly, I've known many great men in my life,
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but only one colossus,