The Dreamers

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Background

Doctor Kaufman was a famed philosopher, author, and poet. Writing may work on political philosophy and the idea of time. While Dr. Kaufman's most influential philosophical work was A Critique of Time Itself, his most influential cultural work was The Dreamers. Pulling on the philosophical ideas he argued for in his critique, Dr. Kaufman ended his career with a poem that is largely seen to be foretelling of another great empire that will be created. Dr. Kaufman never gave any insight into the poem or spoke about it except to clarify that the 'Eternal Conquerors' whos vassals shall be the years are not the humans. It was not but ten years after The Dreamers was published that the Human Plague would eradicate all of humanity, including Dr. Kaufman.

Public Reaction

While the Humans discounted Dr. Kaufman's clarification of the poem all other races used this as a rallying point after the war. All scholars know this poem and most every school reads or teaches it to students. Dr. Kaufman is seen as one of the titans of literary works, poetry, and philosophy to this day.

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The Yet Unnamed Year of 1494 ce

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The Dreamers

They are the architects of greatness. Their vision lies within their souls. They never see the mirages of Fact, but peer beyond the veils and mists of doubt and pierce the walls of unborn Time.
Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.
They are the Argonauts, the Seekers of the priceless fleece-the Truth.
Though all the ages they have heard the voice of Destiny call to them from the un-known vasts.
Their brains have wrought all human miracles. In lace of stone their spires stab the Old WOrld's skies and with their golden crosses kiss the sun.
They are the chosen few-the Blazers of the way-who never wear Doubt's bandage on their eyes-who starve and chill and hurt, but hold to courage and to hope, because they know that there is always proof of truth for the who try-that only cowardice and lack of faith can keep the seeker from his chosen goal, but if his heart be strong and if he dream enough and dream it hard enough, he can attain, no matter where men failed before.
Walls crumble and the empires fall. The tidal wave sweeps from the sea and tears a fortress from its rocks. The rotting nations drop from Time's bough, and only things the dreamers make live on.
They are the Eternal Conquerors-their vassals are the years.

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Type

Text, Literary (Novel/Poetry)

Medium

Paper

Authoring Date

5th of Glimmering Light in the year 1211 ce

Location

Winter Swamp

Authors

• Kaufman