Great Men Before Us

Men of the past have come so far before me. Built great walls and sent forth their ideals as much as their sculptures. Brilliant men so far behind had it mostly right. Bud did THEY live by their ideas? We now, in our hands, have the ability to build such a great civilization. What of the nuclear weapons? And the hate crimes? What of the AIDS and the people unable to feed themselves? We have many, many thousands of thinking men’s ideals behind us. And why do we not live by them. One great man sends forth great genius; then why does he not live by it? We’re no lack of brilliant ideals to make a great civilization where all prosper. All that lacks is our genius application of that data. We all say it, why do we not all use it?