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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?
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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,
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And only now in old
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do I understand who this force of nature really was.
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Or do I?
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Did such a man as Alexander exist?
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Of course not, they idolize him, make him better than he was.
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Men, all men reach and fall,
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reach and fall.
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The east, the vast Persian empire, ruled almost all the known world.
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The west, once great greek city states,
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Thebes, Athens, Sparta, had fallen from pride.
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For a hundred years now, the persian kings had bribed the greeks with their gold,
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To fight as mercenaries,