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Ahasverus. Glory pays nothing, and dies.
Prometheus. This glory will never die. Have done; have done; show the sharp beak of the eagle where it is to devour my entrails. But hear me . . . No, hear nothing; you cannot understand me.
Ahasverus. Speak; speak.
Prometheus. The ephemeral world cannot understand the world eternal; but you will be the link between the two.
Ahasverus. Tell me everything.
Prometheus. I speak nothing; fetter these wrists well, that I shall not flee,—so that I shall be here on your return. Tell you all? I have already told you that a new race shall people the earth, formed of the chosen spirits of the extinct humanity; the multitude of others will perish. A noble family, all-seeing and
