This is meant to be a guide to understanding the excerpt, specifically in relation to the game.
By Nature's law, what may be, may be now; |
Humans are not special and we must live by the rules of nature. |
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In human hearts what bolder thought can rise, Than man's presumption on tomorrow's dawn? |
The boldest thought a person can have is they will live to see tomorrow. |
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Where is tomorrow? In another world. | We can never know the future. |
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For numbers this is certain; the reverse Is sure to none; | Many people have died, and none have ever become immortal |
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and yet on this perhaps, This peradventure, infamous for lies | However, we do not fully understand nature, and many things we once thought were true, turned out to be lies. |
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As on a rock of adamant we build Our mountain hopes; spin out eternal schemes, As we the fatal sisters would outspin, | So, we hope desperately that maybe we will live forever, and make plans as if we were immortal. |
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And, big with life's futurities, expire.
| And in the middle of these hope and plans we die. |
People think they will live forever, but they won't! No one has achieved immorality (yet.)
But we don't really know how the world works, so maybe, just maybe you'll become immortal.
But probably not!
You'll probably die while all your plans for the future are still in motion.